The Inheritance (audio story)
The Inheritance was the first story in the audio anthology Geronimo!, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alfie Shaw and featured Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor and introduced Safiyya Ingar as new companion Valarie Lockwood.
Publisher's summary
For Patricia and Valarie Lockwood, it was to be an evening like any other. Dinner with a few friends, a chance to unwind and forget the horrors of the world. However, their plans are disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger. A man who brings tragedy in his wake.
Plot
On Research Rig 6 in the 54th century, Cyberneticist Valarie works on her mother Patricia's leg whilst, on the news, Arabella Hendricks announces that the Fulcrum Corporation is making progress in finding the cause of the millions of recent deaths. The Doctor arrives at the door with a bomb, looking for a plasma cutter, and unsuccessfully tries to help when the Lockwoods' friend Dan suffers a mysterious attack and dies.
Valarie calls for security and follows the Doctor outside, where he defuses the bomb with her plasma cutter. Johnson takes both of them to speak via direct link with Hendricks, who reveals to the Doctor that she used UNIT information to send him a distress call six months ago, bringing him to Earth to put a stop to the deaths which began two months prior and has resulted in lockdown. The Doctor agrees to help, assisted by Valarie, in return for information on Clara Oswald, and they are taken to the hospital to begin. On the way, Valarie updates her mother, who is looking after Simone, and deduces that the Doctor is a time traveller.
At the hospital, the Doctor and Valarie examine a patient before going to visit Dan's body in the morgue. Valarie pulls the data off of his hard drive and finds that he had won 10 million credits in the lottery a minute before his death, something which the Doctor believes is significant. After Patricia informs Valarie that Simone has died, the Doctor realises that the currency has been infected by the incurable Darinthian Blight and informs Hendricks. The Blight could be destroyed by deleting all digital money, but the Doctor's screwdriver is destroyed by the firewall when he attempts to do so.
Hendricks refuses to enact the deletion, so Valarie instead suggests that everybody spends their money in what Hendricks terms the "Buy to Live" sale whilst she and the Doctor find a proper cure. In return, Hendricks promises to hand over the information she has found on Clara Oswald, which she describes as a "fascinating read". The Doctor takes Valarie to where he materialised the TARDIS to do some tests, but finds that it has disappeared. As he wonders where it could have gone, Valarie receives a call from her mother, who receives a message informing her that she is Simone's sole beneficiary. She attempts to alter her will to leave her money to Fulcrum, but she requires two witnesses.
to be completed
Cast
- The Doctor - Jacob Dudman
- Valarie Lockwood / Computer - Safiyya Ingar
- Patricia Lockwood - Mandi Symonds
- Arabella Hendricks - Lara Lemon
- Daniel Simpson / Security / Patient - Wayne Forester
- Simone Simpson / Receptionist / Stranger - Jasmin Hinds
References
- Valarie uses a plasma cutter.
- Dan orders Chinese through FulcraMart.
- Patricia calls FulcraMed for an ambulance.
- The Lockwoods live at 49 Gibson Avenue.
- Valarie calls FulcraSafe for security.
- In a previous incarnation, the Doctor played hide and seek with Leonardo da Vinci in 16th century Florence.
- Arabella Hendricks owns UNIT files on the Doctor.
- Arabella bought the Earth as the Fulcrum Corporation's headquarters in the 52nd century. She is 236 years old.
- The Doctor requests information on Clara Oswald in return for his help.
- FulcraLaw inform Simone of Dan's will.
- Due to the digital lockdown, the Internet has been shut down.
- Humans are fitted with a neural interface at three years old. They use it to access the net and store money and personal data.
- The Doctor worries about Cybermen being involved, and notes their survivability is only surpassed by Daleks and the Master.
- Darinthia was a wealthy system with coins made of platinum.
- XB396 wiped out Darinthia and any who laid claim to the fortunes abandoned there. It then became known as the Darinthian Blight.
- Valarie attended university and was supported by her mother.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Arabella is revealed to be the one who sent the Doctor the distress call that brought him to Earth. (AUDIO: Prequel to Geronimo!)
- The Doctor calls the TARDIS "Sexy". (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
- The TARDIS creates a sonic screwdriver. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)
External links
- Official The Inheritance page at bigfinish.com
