Living Legend (audio story)

Living Legend
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	The Threllips
Main setting:	Ferrara, Italy, 11 July 1982
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Scott Gray
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Simon Robinson
Release details
Release number:	4
Release date:	November 2003
Format:	1 Episode on 1 CD
Production code:	DWMCD05
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Living Legend was a short story written by Scott Gray. It stars the Eighth Doctor. The story was originally published as the first half of an audio CD included with DWM 337, then released as free content on the Big Finish Podcast on 26 July 2011.

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?

Cast

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

References

• 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.

Notes

• This story was recorded on 16 May 2003.
• This CD was free with DWM 337.
• The CD also contains behind the scenes recording and interviews for AUDIO: Zagreus.
• Conrad Westmaas (Thon) would later play the Eighth Doctor's companion C'rizz, beginning with AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon.
• Stephen Perring (Vengorr) previously played Horemshep in AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion and would later play the Kro'ka in the Divergent Universe arc and Lord Mathias during the third series of Gallifrey.

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

• Living Legend at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for Living Legend at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide