The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)

The Destroyer of Delights was the one hundred and eighteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Clements and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Ciara Janson as Amy.

	Fifth Doctor
	Amy
	White Guardian
	Black Guardian
	Dunqulah, Sudan, the 9th century
	Big Finish Productions
	Jonathan Clements
	Lisa Bowerman
	David Richardson
	Simon Robinson
	Simon Robinson
	Alex Mallinson
	4
	118
	14 February 2009
	2 CDs Download
	6R/B
	ISBN 978-1-84435-364-4 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-665-8 (digital)
Main Range
← Previous	The Judgement of Isskar
Next →	The Chaos Pool
Production order
← Previous	The Boy That Time Forgot
Next →	The Chaos Pool

It was the second audio story of The Key 2 Time arc in the main range. It was the first story to feature the White Guardian since the television story Enlightenment.

Publisher's summary

“You will be always looking in the wrong place. I have searched through all of Time and I cannot find it.”

The search for the Key to Time has stalled: the next segment does not appear to exist anywhere in the universe. Forced into a temporary alliance with one of his greatest enemies, the Fifth Doctor suggests a course of action that is a validation of chaos itself.

Thrown at random across space and time, the Doctor and Amy arrive in 9th Century Sudan, where the greedy Lord Cassim is hoarding gold from the Legate of the Caliph. But why does Cassim look so familiar? What is the mysterious Djinni that lives out in the desert? And why does it need so much treasure?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Amy - Ciara Janson
• The Black Guardian - David Troughton
• The Legate of the Caliph - Jason Watkins
• Nisrin - Jess Robinson
• Prince Omar - Bryan Pilkington
• Hason - Paul Chahidi
• The Djinni - William Barton
• The Vizier - David Peart

References

• Hason has tradegoods from all over the world
  • He has swords from Al-Andalus
    • Al-Andalus is located "where the land meets the western ocean."
  • Rare jades from Cathay
  • Slaves from Europe and Africa
• Legate is a synonym of messenger
• Blue and black are the same word in Old Norse

Notes

Preview by Brian Williamson appeared on DWM 405

• This story marks the first appearance of the White Guardian in an audio drama.
• This audio drama was recorded on 21 and 22 April 2008 at the Moat Studios.
• This story is set between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.
• This story was originally released on CD and download on 14 February 2009.

Continuity

• The Doctor refers to the events of TV: Mawdryn Undead, where the Black Guardian made a deal with Turlough to kill him.
• The Black Guardian's associate, Djinni, uses a targeting lure, a jawaki, as the Black Guardian calls it, to try to destroy the White Guardian, Prince Omar and Amy. However, the Doctor realises that just as the Guardians' powers are diminishing, so are his ideas. This is exactly the same tactic that Captain Wrack used to destroy competing ships in the race for Enlightenment. (TV: Enlightenment) Both items used to accomplish this task are pieces of jewellery; here it is Amy's necklace, while in TV: Enlightenment, it is Tegan's tiara.

External links

• Official The Destroyer of Delights page at bigfinish.com
• The Destroyer of Delights at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Destroyer of Delights at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide