The Land of the Dead (audio story)
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The Land of the Dead was the fourth story in Big Finish's monthly Doctor Who range.
It was the first audio story to feature Nyssa, played by Sarah Sutton.
Publisher's summary
Landing in Alaska, the Doctor and Nyssa encounter a group of people in a most unusual house, cut off not only by the harsh climate but by their individual secrets and obsessions.
Millionaire Shaun Brett is utilising chunks of the local area to construct a shrine to his dead father. But when deadly creatures start roaming outside, and a terrifying discovery is made inside the house, the Doctor realises that Brett has unleashed an unimaginably ancient force.
Plot
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Monica Lewis - Lucy Campbell
- Supplier - Alistair Lock
- Shaun Brett - Christopher Scott
- Tulung - Neil Roberts
- Gaborik - Andrew Fettes
References
- The Doctor notes, a little defensively, that several elements of the TARDIS are not working quite as well as they should, particularly the visual sensors and audio circuits.
- Tulung was born in Alaska in 1954 to an archaeologist from Colorado and a Koyukon woman.
- Shaun Brett has stocked his artificial habitat with sea lions.
Notes
- The cover image shows an adapted image of Joseph Merrick's skull.
- The inner pamphlet includes a map of the base.
- This is one of the few Big Finish Productions audios to be originally released on cassette tape as well as on CD.
- This audio drama was recorded on 24 and 25 July 1999.
- Set in the direct wake of Tegan's abrupt departure in Time-Flight, it was one of earliest stories Big Finish had ever told in their main range. Although The Companion Chronicles range regularly told even earlier stories, only three stories were set any earlier in the Fifth Doctor's time line, the 2008 Companion Chronicle The Darkening Eye and the 2014 stories, Psychodrome and Iterations of I.
- It was further remarkable for being one of only a couple of performed Doctor Who stories set in Alaska.
Continuity
- Tegan Jovanka recently departed the TARDIS during a brief return to Heathrow Airport in 1982. (TV: Time-Flight)
- The Seventh Doctor would visit Alaska again in 1934 in the company of Ace and Hex. (AUDIO: Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge)
External links
- Official The Land of the Dead page at bigfinish.com
- The Land of the Dead at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Land of the Dead at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
