The Whispering Forest (audio story)

The Whispering Forest was the one hundred and thirty-seventh monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was the second Big Finish audio story in the 2010 Fifth Doctor season. It continued a series of stories starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson, who were reunited as a TARDIS team for their first new Doctor Who stories since 1983.

	Fifth Doctor
	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough
	Mertil
	Cherdor, the 28th century
	Big Finish Productions
	Stephen Cole
	Barnaby Edwards
	Richard Fox and Lauren Yason
	Iain Robertson
	137
	31 August 2010
	2 Disc
	6H/B
	ISBN 978-1-84435-473-3
Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories
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Publisher's summary

The TARDIS arrives in alien woodlands, where a small group of humans hold tight against the the menace of the Takers — strange creatures who come by night to spirit away members of their settlement.

But if there's one thing that the inhabitants of Purity Bay fear more than the Takers, it's the dirt and disease spread by strangers. Strangers like the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa...

The fanatical Sister Mertil and her hygiene-obsessed acolytes are victims of a terrible corruption — but not in the way they think. Only the whispering forest knows the truth...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Turlough - Mark Strickson
• Seksa - Hayley Atwell
• Mertil/Woman - Sue Wallace
• Jestan/Man/Taker - Paul Shelley
• Hervey/Taker/Demi-Taker - Harry Melling
• Anulf/Taker - Lennox Greaves
• Antan/Taker - Aneurin Barnard

References

Conflicts

• During the 27th century, the Earth Empire was engaged in conflicts across Dravidian space.

Planets

• The planet Cherdor, on the eastern edge of Heldebrin has at least one moon, but no strategic or mineral importance.

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 30 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 at The Moat Studios.
• The story was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra between 20 and 23-25 May 2011, forming a radio season with Cobwebs and The Cradle of the Snake.
• This story shares similarities to the television story The Face of Evil, with a lost colony based on the remnants of a spacecraft scenario.

Continuity

• A green crescent moon is the universal symbol for medical care. (TV: New Earth, TV: Gridlock)
• Tegan is concerned that the Mara is still inside of her. (TV: Kinda, TV: Snakedance)
• The Mara taunts the Doctor by saying Cherdor is too green for him, which is what he said about Deva Loka. (TV: Kinda)
• The events of this story lead directly into AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake.

External links

• Official The Whispering Forest page at bigfinish.com
• The Whispering Forest at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Whispering Forest at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide