Abbey of Heretics (audio story)
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Abbey of Heretics was the second story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Seven. It was written by Lizbeth Myles and featured Alex Kingston as River Song.
Publisher's summary
Outside the walls of a remote 12th Century Abbey, England is at war.
Inside, a strange sickness runs rife, and there are rumours of a devil in the woods. Death stalks the novices. When Sister Melody arrives in search of a book, she may be their only salvation.
Plot
to be added
Cast
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Sister Patrick - Aurora Burghart
- Sister Ursula - Jaye Griffiths
- Sister Magdalene - Janet Henfrey
- Thomas Aspley / System - Paul Heath
Worldbuilding
- River claims to be from Shaftesbury Abbey.
- River finds many "lost" books in the abbey library, including Agrippina's Misfortunes, Memoirs of Sulla, and Emperor Claudius' Guide to Gambling, and the Book of Stars.
- Thomas Aspley was the son of Lord Godfred Aspley.
- Lord Aspley fought for Empress Maude but his lands were taken by another claimant to the throne of England, Stephen.
- Empress Maude was the heir to King Henry.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- River will later disguise herself as a nun. (AUDIO: The Eighth Piece, The Doomsday Chronometer, The Crucible of Souls)
External links
- Official Abbey of Heretics page at bigfinish.com
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