Living Legend (audio story)

Living Legend
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Charley
Main enemy:	Threllips
Main setting:	Ferrara, Italy, 11 July 1982
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Scott Gray
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music:	Simon Robinson
Sound:	Simon Robinson
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release date:	13 November 2003
Format:	1 CD Download
Production code:	DWMCD05
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78575-336-7
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Living Legend was a short story written by Scott Gray. It features the Eighth Doctor. The story was originally published as the first half of an audio CD included with DWM 337, and was later re-released as a free download on the Big Finish Productions website.

Publisher's summary

The world faces imminent destruction when Italy wins the World Cup! Can the fabled Time Lady Charleyostiantayshius save humanity from the dreaded Threllip Empire, or will her idiot assistant, the Doctor, ruin everything?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Vengorr - Stephen Perring
• Thon - Conrad Westmaas

Crew

• Producers - Gary Russell & Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Music & Sound Design - Simon Robinson
• Cover Art - Adrian Salmon
• Director - Gary Russell
• Executive Producer - Jacqueline Rayner
• Writer - Scott Gray

Worldbuilding

• Charley mentions the Web of Time.
• The Doctor and Charley dress in Time Lord robes.
• Wartsnogglers are rat-like creatures that the Threllips keep as pets.
• Mordelius Prime has at least seventeen moons.
• The Doctor speaks some Italian.
• The Doctor mentions Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Notes

• This story was recorded on 16 May 2003 at the Moat Studios.
• This CD was free with DWM 337.
• The CD also contains behind the scenes recording and interviews for the unrelated audio story Zagreus.

Continuity

• The Doctor tells Charley that he witnessed the VE Day celebrations on 8 May 1945. (AUDIO: Casualties of War)
• During their visit to Light City in the Divergent Universe, the Doctor and Charley's memories were contributed to the pool of information used to programme the Proles. An edited version of their encounter with the Threllips was included in an infotainment broadcast which the Proles were obligated to watch. (AUDIO: The Natural History of Fear)

External links

• Official Living Legend page at bigfinish.com
• Living Legend at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Living Legend at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide