The Lamentation Cipher (audio story)

The Lamentation Cipher
Main character(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	The Viyrans
Main setting:	Ever-and-Ever Prolixity, the far future
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Barnes
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Cover by:	Mark Plastow
Release details
Release number:	1.1
Release date:	May 2014
Production code:	BFPCMBOX001
ISBN:	978-1-78178-303-0
Charlotte Pollard
← Previous	none
Next →	The Shadow at the Edge of the World

The Lamentation Cipher is the first audio story in Big Finish Productions' first series of Charlotte Pollard.

Cast

• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Viyran Commander / Rogue Viyran / Other Viyrans - Michael Maloney
• Robert Buchan - James Joyce
• Bert Buchan - Nicholas Briggs

References

• Robert Buchan is originally from Earth. He has recently visited the fifth moon of the Indecisiveness Torrent.
• The Viyrans refer to their mothership as the Field Ship Prime.

Notes

• The title is spelled The Lamentation Cipher on the actual release, but Cypher on Big Finish Productions website.

Continuity

• Charley refers to the fact that millions of viruses stored in the Amethyst Viral Containment Station were accidentally spread throughout the universe. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)
• After Robert mentions Vortisaurs, Charley recalls travelling with Ramsey in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Minuet in Hell)
• The Viyran Commander refers to his people's ability to alter the minds of sentient life forms. (AUDIO: Patient Zero)