The Fifth Citadel (audio story)

The Fifth Citadel
Main character(s):	Group Captain Ian Gilmore Professor Rachel Jensen Dr Allison Williams Sir Toby Kinsella
Main enemy:	Elizabeth Bradley
Main setting:	Holborn, London, 1965 The London Underground, 1965
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	James Goss
Director:	Ken Bentley
Music:	Nicholas Briggs
Sound:	Martin Montague
Release details
Release number:	2.2
Release date:	June 2013
Production code:	BFPCMBOX002
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-082-4
Counter-Measures
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The Fifth Citadel was the second audio story in Big Finish Productions' second series of Counter-Measures.

Publisher's summary

People are falling ill near Holborn and displaying a sickness with all the hallmarks of radiation poisoning. While Gilmore and Allison look into a graveyard, Sir Toby and Rachel venture underground to meet an old friend with a desperate scheme.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Group Captain Ian Gilmore - Simon Williams
• Rachel Jensen - Pamela Salem
• Allison Williams - Karen Gledhill
• Sir Toby Kinsella - Hugh Ross
• Templeton - Philip Pope
• Dr Elizabeth Bradley - Celia Imrie
• Bridget - Mandi Symonds
• Mr Ackroyd - John Banks
• Ben/The Medic/First Soldier - Tom Price
• Jenkins/Freeman/Second Soldier/Guard - Robert Lonsdale

References

• Mrs Pritchard died in 1878.
• Gilmore and Rachel had dinner together the previous night but she claims that it was "perfectly professional."
• Gilmore was once posted in Calcutta, India.
• Gilmore describes Allison as being "as icy as a holiday in Barbados".
• The citadel was sealed off six months ago.
• Sir Toby refers to a doctor as a credit to "Mr Bevan", referencing National Health Service founder Aneurin Bevan.

Notes

• This is the first Counter-Measures audio drama not to feature any science fiction elements.
• The four citadels - bunkers created in World War II in case of German invasion, which were expanded during the Cold War in case of nuclear attack - existed in real life. In the Behind the Scenes feature, James Goss said he created a fifth so he could set a story there without anybody "writing in to Big Finish saying 'ahhh, it can't be that one'."
• This story was recorded on 22, 23, 25 and 26 October 2012.

Continuity

• Gilmore refers to the Waverly case and the fact that Emma Waverly is still a fugitive. (AUDIO: Manhunt)
• Allison refers to the fact that she was forced to kill her fiancé Julian St. Stephen. (AUDIO: State of Emergency)
• Elizabeth Bradley refers to the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS; AUDIO: 1963) and the Starfire Incident in November 1963 (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games).
• Gilmore refers to his nickname "Chunky." (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
• Bradley mentions that Sir Toby is a Catholic. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence)

External links

• Official The Fifth Citadel - Season Two Box Set page at bigfinish.com