Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)
Synopsis
London,the 23rd Century. Devastated by a deluge of biblical proportions, the city has been consumed by Davy Jones' Locker. Now The Doctor and his latest companion, Amy Pond find themselves in a deep sea base, a research station designed to study the ruins and salvage some shrapnel of hope from the wreckage. But a swarm of monstrous Vashta Nerada have invaded the facility with plans to feast on the crew. Can The Doctor and Amy survive? Only you can decide...
Plot
The Doctor and Amy arrive on the Poseidon just as a giant shark attacks the tunnel they are in. They are forced to escape and are left with no option but to move on, as their way back to the TARDIS is destoryed. They soon find one of the base's personnel, Martin Flenigan. He explains how there is a disease affecting the base, and that the computer, Jones, would not let him through due to the quarantine imposed. The Doctor manages to convince Jones to let them pass.
Inside Poseidon, they meet Oswald and Dana, who begin to explain the situation. The lights go out, and when Oswald and Dan begin to panic, the Doctor realises there is something else: the Vashta Nerada. When the lights come back on, Martin is found to be dead. The Doctor and Amy go to fix the generators so that they may keep the Vashta Nerada at bay. They arrive to the generator, avoiding the gaint shark along the way, and are faced with two dead divers reanimated by the Vashta Nerada. They avoid them and the generator is put back on, expelling the Vashta Nerada from the two bodies once light is restored. The Doctor takes an environment status chip from one of the divers' bodies to Jones to analyse. Jones detects radiation but is unable to identify it, which the Doctor deduces is because it is alien.
The Doctor asks Oswald to give them the access codes to allow them to find the ingredients he needs to create a cure for the disease. However, Oswald forbids them them from doing so due to the danger posed to them by the Vashta Nerada. Amy and the Doctor convince Dana to give them the codes for the good of the ill.
Cast
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Notes
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- Characters Oswald and Jones are clearly named after the forthcoming Torchwood: The New World character Oswald Jones, whose actor was announced shortly before the game's release.
Continuity
- The Vashta Nerada previously appeared in DW: Silence in the Library /Forest of the Dead.
- The Doctor escapes tied rope using the same trick Harry Houdini taught him that he used in DW: Dreamland.
Timeline
- Shadows of the Vashta Nerada occurs after VG: TARDIS
- Shadows of the Vashta Nerada occurs before DWAM: Fashion Victims
