Earth Aid (audio story)

Earth Aid
Adapted from:	Earth Aid
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace, Raine
Main enemy:	The Metatraxi
Main setting:	The Space Vessel Vancouver
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writers:	Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Simon Robinson
Sound:	Simon Robinson
Cover by:	Alex Mallinson
Release details
Number of parts:	4
Release number:	2.06
Release date:	16 July 2011
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWLS14
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-493-1
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You may be looking for the unproduced TV story of the same name.

Earth Aid was the sixth story release in the second series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch, from the original script by Ben Aaronivitch, and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Beth Chalmers as Raine Creevy.

This story was originally intended to be the first story of the original Season 27, but was cancelled along with other planned stories when Doctor Who itself was cancelled in 1989.

Publisher's summary

Welcome aboard the Space Vessel Vancouver. Its mission: to guard a vast shipment of grain from Earth to the planet Safenesthome.

Its Captain is called Ace. She seems a little unsure of herself. In fact, some might almost think she was new to the job...

Its medical officer is called simply "the Doctor", and he's perhaps not all he seems.

When mysterious ships target the Vancouver, Ace and the Doctor are pushed to the limit. Meanwhile, there's something nasty in the grain containers. And it's not very happy....

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace - Sophie Aldred
• Raine Creevy - Beth Chalmers
• Victor Espinosa - Paterson Joseph
• Shepstay - Nadine Marshall
• Yanikov - Basher Savage
• Lt Baraki - Ingrid Oliver
• The Metatraxi - John Banks
• Grub - Alex Mallinson

References

• The Doctor is aware that the Metatraxi have developed a rudimentary form of time travel.

Notes

Alternate cover.

• Raine Creevy is based on Raine Cunningham, the companion who was intended to come after Ace in the unproduced season 27. A feature in DWM 255 gave the character the name Kate Tollinger, but according to an interview with script editor Andrew Cartmel in DWM 433, the character was always intended to be named Raine. Cartmel had since discovered someone of the name Raine Cunningham existed in real life and changed the character's family name.
• This audio drama was recorded on 4 and 5 October 2010 at The Moat Studios.
• This story is set after Survival.
• This story was originally released on CD and download on 16 July 2011.

Continuity

• The Doctor, Ace and Raine previously encountered the Metatraxi in the Kafiristan in the Middle East in October 1989. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century)
• Ace mentions that she almost became a cheetah on one occasion. (TV: Survival)
• The Doctor mentions that he has previously encountered another sentient planet, namely Symbios during his sixth incarnation in 2010. (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)
• Ace is once again angered at being called small. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
• Raine mentions that it's usually her that rescues the Doctor from a safe. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century)

External links

• Official Earth Aid page at bigfinish.com