Dominant Species (audio story)
Dominant Species was the seventh and final story of the thirteenth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan and Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross.
Publisher's summary
It has been a long time since the invasion of Taleeria. The population is enslaved and subject entirely to the will of the conquerors - the Dominators and their deadly robot servants, the Quarks.
The Doctor, Harry and Naomi stumble into this perilous scenario and are soon separated...but freeing the people of Taleeria should be business as usual, shouldn't it?
Where the Dominators are concerned, things may not be so simple...
Plot
Part one
The Doctor takes Harry and Naomi to Taleeria to see the beaches, forests and theme parks, but they arrive in a warzone and the Doctor is confronted by a Quark who informs him that the Dominators rule the star system and takes him to the holding pens where the Taleerians are held. There, he meets Trell and Nala. Harry and Naomi follow the Doctor, keeping out of sight, and decide to target a generator to take out the Quarks and prevent the Doctor from being taken in a spaceship to work on another planet, but they are stopped by Bryarly, the leader of a resistance.
to be completed
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
- Naomi Cross - Eleanor Crooks
- Director Draaga - Clive Wood
- Overseer Valtor / Trell - Clive Hayward
- Corg - Joseph Kloska
- Nala / Quarks - Emily Woodward
- Bryarly / Quarks - Indra Ové
- Calo / Quarks - Polly Kemp
- Morin / Quarks - Rosalyn Landor
Crew
to be added
Worldbuilding
- Harry has always been fond of Bognor. The TARDIS once took the Doctor there when he gave it the choice.
- Naomi sarcastically says that she did not need Alan Turing's help to solve the Doctor's code.
- Corg has been involved in the Dominators' Drahvin campaign. He claims that the Dominators overran their home system instantly.
- Varn was killed for displeasing Valtor.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Naomi is unsure about visiting another holiday planet after Erinee, which she, the Doctor and Harry visited in AUDIO: Worlds Beyond [+]Loading...["Worlds Beyond (audio story)"].
- The Doctor mentions the recent "kerfuffles" with the Toymaker and the Master in AUDIO: Matryoshka [+]Loading...["Matryoshka (audio story)"] and AUDIO: Metamorphosis [+]Loading...["Metamorphosis (audio story)"] respectively.
External links
- Official Dominant Species page at bigfinish.com
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