Castle of Fear (audio story)

Castle of Fear
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Nyssa
Main enemy:	Rutan
Main setting:	Stockbridge, 1899 Stockbridge, 1199
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Alan Barnes
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	Richard Fox & Lauren Yason
Release details
Release number:	127
Release date:	October 2009
Format:	2 CDs - 4 parts
Production code:	6C/N
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-430-6

Publisher's Summary

1199: Returning from the Crusade, Hubert, the new Earl of Mummerset, comes to take possession of Stockbridge Castle, his ancestral home. The only trouble is, in his absence, demons took possession of his Castle...

1899: The Stockbridge mummers’ play takes a wholly unexpected turn, when the Dragon slays St George.

These events are not unconnected, the Doctor and Nyssa discover. There's an alien presence squatting in Stockbridge Castle, and it's their job to expose it. If Turkish knights, killer boars and a gang of rogue paladins don't stop them first...

Cast

• Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Roland of Brittany/Mummer - John Sessions
• Hubert, Earl of Mummerset/Mummer - Joe Thomas
• Osbert/Mummer/Yokel/Demon - Richard Cotton
• Maud the Withered/Yokel - Susan Brown
• Yavuz/Mummer/Yokel/Demon - Teddy Kempner
• Smithy/Mummer - Trevor Cooper

References

• Nyssa tells the Doctor she doesn't want to go to 21st century Stockbridge because seeing Andrew would be awkward.

Races and Species

• The Doctor mentions the Sontaran Jingo Linx who inhabited Irongron's castle.
• There is a Rutan Drone Commander inhabiting Stockbridge Castle.
• The Doctor additionally suggests that Linx followed the Rutan to Earth.
• Rutans are from Ruta III, an ice world. They do not like the heat.
• The Rutan aimed to create a clone factory, creating clones of Rutans whilst in Human form.

• Subsequently several members of the community of Stockbridge had elements of Rutan genetics with their bodies following one of the clones escaping.

Notes

• According to several members of the cast on the "CD Extras" there was a "Monty Python-esque" feel to this audio drama.
• CD 2 includes Episode 8 of The Three Companions: The Battle of World's End Junction.

Continuity

• Nyssa mentions Andrew, the man she met in BFA: Circular Time.
• The Doctor mentions the events of DW: The Time Warrior.
• The Doctor has previously encoutered the Rutans in DW: Horror of Fang Rock.

Timeline

• Castle of Fear occurs after: BFA: A Perfect World
• Castle of Fear occurs before: BFA: The Eternal Summer

External Links

• Big Finish - Castle of Fear page
• Castle of Fear at the Doctor Who Reference Guide