Thicker Than Water (audio story)

Publisher's Summary

Three years after Világ was all but laid waste by the Killorans, the Doctor is back alongside a different companion. And a lot has changed.

Now elected Principle Triumvir, head of a tripartite government, Rossiter is working to secure a peaceful future for the planet by researching the technology the Killorans left behind. But he has to contend with opposition from his daughter, Sofia, who heads a public campaign demanding the destruction of all alien artefacts.

Politics has caused a rift between father and daughter, and as if that weren't enough, Sofia doesn't approve of her new stepmother either. Emotions soon boil over into violence -- violence that seems to have gripped the entire city.

Friendships bind people close, but they say that blood is...

Cast

The Doctor - Colin Baker
Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
Principal Triumvir Rossiter - Gabriel Woolf
Dr Sofia Rossiter - Rachel Pickup
Dr Andrew Szabó - Patrick Romer
Dr Sebastian Lawrence - Simon Watts
Jenner - Matt Dineen
TV Interviewer - James Parsons

References

Killoran genetics are used on Evelyn.

Notes

This account of Mel's first meeting with Evelyn, along with Evelyn's post-TARDIS life, seems to be in conflict with that offered in PDA: Instruments of Darkness.

Continuity

This is a sequel to BFA: Arrangements for War.
This is the last appearance, chronologically, of Evelyn Smythe in the Big Finish audios. Later releases involving the character have, as of 2008, used her from an earlier point in her time stream.

Timeline

For Mel and the Doctor

Thicker Than Water occurs after: The Juggernauts
Thicker Than Water occurs before:

For Evelyn

Thicker Than Water occurs after: Arrangements for War & The Nowhere Place

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