Kiss of Death (audio story)

Kiss of Death
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion(s):	Tegan, Turlough, Nyssa
Main enemy:	Rennol, Hoss, Kanch, Morass
Main setting:	Winter Planet
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Stephen Cole
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Steve Foxon
Sound:	Steve Foxon
Cover by:	Anthony Lamb
Release details
Number of parts:	4
Release number:	147
Release date:	19 May 2011
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	6H/E
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-559-4 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-694-8 (digital)
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Kiss of Death was the one hundred and forty-seventh story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Stephen Cole and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Mark Strickson as Turlough.

Released in May 2011, it was the second story in a series of three stories featuring the Fifth Doctor along with Tegan, Turlough and an older Nyssa who had re-joined them in 2010's previous series of three audio stories. This story notably features more information on Turlough's past and background, more so than in his departure story Planet of Fire.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS travellers take a break on the beach world of Vektris. Hot sun, cold drinks and all the time in the worlds. What could possibly go wrong?

A kidnapping, a spaceship heist and a desperate chase to a distant galaxy later, Turlough finds himself in a strange winter palace... along with a face from his past. The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa, meanwhile, fight to escape its frozen catacombs, guarded over by a vast and deadly alien Morass.

But what connects Turlough to the ancient treasure hidden somewhere in the palace? And how far will he go to acquire it?

Plot

Part one

Slippage in the TARDIS's physical vector generators has left the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa on Vektris for two days and nights and the Doctor tries reformatting the interior dimensions. Turlough answers the door of where Tegan and Nyssa are staying to Deela, an old Trion friend who tells him that she is being used by Hoss and Kanch to lure him out. Kanch sedates him and takes him to their warp jet where Deela explains how Calquin Rennol needs them both on the Winter Planet.

Turlough is followed by Tegan and Nyssa and spotted by the Doctor. They take a mining ship and reroute the gravity wells to boost the engines and allow them to keep up with the warp jet, which lands at the Winter Palace sequestered from Turlough's family by Deela's father when war broke out. Rennol orders Turlough and Deela to kiss to open a dimensional vault, but it does not work and the group are interrupted by an alert warning them of the mining ship's approach. Hoss shoots the ship and the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa brace themselves for impact.

Part two

The Doctor cushions the ship's fall using the gravity wells, but it starts collapsing after impact and Nyssa falls into a series of tunnels from which he goes to save her.

Turlough explains that he and Deela found the dimensional vault, apparently stolen by his great-grandfather, and he set it to be opened by a random mingling of his and Deela's DNA, hence why Rennol needed to bring them together to get inside it.

to be completed

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
• Vislor Turlough - Mark Strickson
• Deela - Lucy Adams
• Rennol - Michael Maloney
• Hoss - Lizzie Roper
• Kanch / The Morass - John Banks

References

• Turlough and Deela discuss Turlough's family.
  • Turlough's father knew nothing of the vault.
  • Turlough's great-grandfather was a black sheep who set up a smuggling operation and was killed by pirates after double-crossing them.
  • Turlough's great-great-great-grandfather made defence deals with aliens.
  • Turlough's great-great-great-great-grandfather was part of Trion's royal court.
• The Doctor says he is rather good at 4-Dimensional chess.
• Tegan asks if Turlough's family inherited the planet of Enid Blyton.
• To hide that the Doctor and Nyssa survived the shuttle crash from Rennol, Hoss and Kanch, Tegan tells Turlough that they were killed and that they will "never see their native Earth again."

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 14 and 15 December 2010 at the Moat Studios.
• This story was originally released on CD and download on 19 May 2011.
• This story is set between Enlightenment and The King's Demons.
• It can be inferred that this story is set in the 1980s, 1984 at the latest, as these events had to have taken place between Turlough's placement on Earth and his return to Trion in Planet of Fire.

Continuity

• Tegan refers to Heathrow Airport. (TV: Logopolis, The Visitation, Time-Flight), and Nyssa's departure on Terminus is alluded to, as well as her return 50 years later. (TV: Terminus, AUDIO: Cobwebs)
• The Doctor laments his lack of a sonic screwdriver, which was destroyed by the Terileptil leader in September 1666. (TV: The Visitation)
• Although the Doctor would later claim that Turlough had never mentioned his planet or his family, he discusses both of them at great length on this occasion, albeit not while the Doctor is present. (TV: Planet of Fire)

External links

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