Leviathan (audio story)

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Leviathan is an audio story which was originally written by Brian Finch to be included in the televised Season 22. This serial was dropped due to budgeting concerns after the final script was written. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.

Publisher's summary

No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...

When the TARDIS materialises near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn?

The answers lie within a cave...

Plot

Part one

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Part two

to be added

Cast

References

  • The Doctor believes that the Middle Ages is "an interesting period in its way but in increasingly small doses."
  • An android Herne the Hunter was created as the Sentinels' enforcer.

Notes

  • The script for this serial was sent in after Paul Finch read about the lost stories series in Doctor Who Magazine. Recording and production for the lost stories series was already near completion when this script was sent in.
  • After reading the script Jason Haigh-Ellery decided to extend the originally planned 7 stories, which were already at the tail end of production, to stretch the budget to include this as an 8th.
  • Unlike the other Lost Stories in the series, Leviathan was not written for Season 23. It was dropped at the last minute, having rehearsal scripts set up; the reasons it wasn't made aren't known but Haigh-Ellery said it was likely for budget reasons.
  • Due to the large amount of characters required each of the secondary cast had to perform three or four roles.
  • Brian Finch had written for Colin Baker's earlier show, The Brothers.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 28 and 29 April 2009.

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