Destination: Nerva (audio story)
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Destination: Nerva was the first story in the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.
Synopsis
After saying their goodbyes to Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago, the Doctor and Leela respond to an alien distress call beamed direct from Victorian England. It is the beginning of a journey that will take them to the newly built Space Dock Nerva… where a long overdue homecoming is expected.
A homecoming that could bring about the end of the human race.
Cast
- Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Dr. Alison Foster - Raquel Cassidy
- Henry McMullan/Pilot - Sam Graham
- Laura Craske - Tilly Gaunt
- Giles Moreau/Jenkins - Tim Bentinck
- Jim Hooley/Drelleran 1/Security Guard - Kim Wall
- Lord Jack/Drudgers/Drelleran 2 - Tim Treloar
References
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Notes
- Raquel Cassidy (Dr. Alison Foster) previously played Miranda Cleaves and her Ganger duplicate in DW: The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People as well as Mesca in BFA: The Judgement of Isskar, Inquisa in BFA: Paradoxicide and Destiny Grey in BFA: Question Marks.
- This audio drama was recorded on 12 September 2011.
Continuity
- Leela wonders if she and the Doctor will ever see Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago again. Many years later in her personal timeline, she would be reunited with Jago and Litefoot after being sent to the 1890s by Lady President Romana to investigate time breaks in London during that era. (JAL: The Ruthven Inheritance)
- The Doctor uses a match from the box of Lucifers given to him by Professor Litefoot. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- The Doctor mentions that he once knew a butler whose name was Butler. (BFA: The Foe from the Future)
- The Doctor previously visited the Nerva Beacon on two occasions in the company of Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan. (DW: The Ark in Space, DW: Revenge of the Cybermen)
Timeline
- Destination Nerva occurs immediately after DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
- Destination Nerva occurs before BFA: The Renaissance Man
External links
- Official Destination: Nerva page at bigfinish.com
