The Demon Song (audio story)
The Demon Song was the first story in the audio anthology The Demon Song. It was written by Bob Ayres.
Publisher's summary
Managing to land the TARDIS in Dodo's far flung future, the 2020s, the Doctor detects a haunting melody on the streets of Camden. People are going missing, and one of them is Dodo!
Plot
Part one
In the early 2020s, the Doctor and Dodo take the Tube to Kentish Town, using the Doctor's signet ring to avoid paying, and walk to Camden Town where they notice that they are hearing a tune everywhere. Dodo disappears and, retracing his steps, the Doctor meets Archie and teams up with her to find Dodo and Archie's missing boyfriend, Paul. They realise that they are being watched by paranormal investigator Daniel, who is wearing ear defenders to protect himself from what he calls the Demon Song.
Dodo wakes up in a crypt with twelve entranced people and manages to bring Paul around. Everybody else suddenly wakes up as well and they hear the Demon Song in their heads as the demon returns with another man before leaving. The demon brings Helen to the crypt and, when Dodo tells it that she is not afraid of it, its gabs Dodo's head and speaks through her, identifying itself as the Choir and demanding that they sing its song or die. The people comply, but it does not seem to have the desired effect.
Daniel takes the Doctor and Archie to his home and explains to them how people have been disappearing in Camden Town, Kentish Town and Chalk Farm and that there have been sightings of a winged demon which he has video evidence of. The demon, he believes, is controlling people with its song. The Doctor realises that each of the missing people is a musician and, wearing ear defenders, they head out to Camden Town tube station in search of the demon and follow a woman humming the song, Grace, to St Matthew's Church. When they hear the song from outside, they burst in and find Grace teaching it to the Camden Community Self-Help Singers, who become aggressive towards them.
The demon seems to be angry and screeches, killing Helen. Everybody feels pain and Dodo begs for it to stop, saying that it will kill them all.
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Stephen Noonan
- Dodo Chaplet - Lauren Cornelius
- Daniel De'ath - Henry Knott
- Archana Pawar - Bhavnisha Parmar
- Paul Carter - George Fletcher
- Grace Adichie - Antoinette Tagoe
- Helen Fletcher / Station Announcer / Passerby - Rosie Baker
References
- Dodo notices that very few people in the 2020s are smoking.
- The Doctor gives Dodo a sovereign to give to a busker.
- A lot of people are wearing face masks because of the recent pandemic.
- The Doctor uses his signet ring to confuse the electronics at the Tube station and let him through without paying.
- Archie jokingly says that the Doctor and Dodo are probably on their way to Hogwarts.
- The Doctor uses his walking stick.
- Daniel wears ear defenders.
- Helen plays guitar.
- Pentacles are a symbol of protection.
- Archie mentions the kinnari of Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
- The Doctor does not know what karaoke is.
- Paul plays the keyboard, piano and organ.
- Daniel plays the electric guitar.
- Douglas is entranced.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor almost calls Dodo by Susan Foreman's name. He noticed the physical similarities between the two of them when he first met Dodo. (TV: The Massacre)
- The Doctor berates Dodo for her English. (TV: The Ark)
- Dodo is a pianist. (TV: The Gunfighters)
External links
- Official The Demon Song page at bigfinish.com
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