Prisoners of Fate (audio story)

Twenty-five years ago, with Richter's Syndrome running rampant throughout the galaxy, the brilliant biochemist Nyssa, formerly of Traken, bade a painful farewell to her young family... and set off into the space, in search of a cure for this deadly disease.

She never returned.

Now, her grown-up son continues her work on the penal colony of Valderon, still desperate to make the breakthrough that eluded his presumed-dead mother.

So when the TARDIS lands on Valderon, bringing the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to its fortress prison, the scene is set for a painful reunion... but not only for Nyssa. The Doctor's past is about to catch up with him too...

Cast

References

The Doctor's First TARDIS shows him his future incarnations and calls them rhetorician, the schemer and the idealist.

Notes

Clips from numerous previous audio dramas are heard in Part Four, including AUDIO: Bloodtide, AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster, AUDIO: Flip-Flop, AUDIO: Protect and Survive, AUDIO: The Canabalists, AUDIO: The Resurrection of Mars and AUDIO: Army of Death.

Continuity

Adric mentions his mother having talked to him about Omega (TV: Arc of Infinity), Cybermen and his namesake (TV: Earthshock) and his visit to the 17th century. (TV: The Visitation)
Adric mentions his mother meeting Turlough on Earth, at Brendon School, with a Brigadier,and a creature called Mawdryn. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)
Turlough mentions Purity, (AUDIO: The Whispering Forest) Vektris (AUDIO: Kiss of Death) and the Sontarans. (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar)
Turlough also talks about how Nyssa was rejuvenated, by Hermogenite. (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger)
Nyssa tells the Doctor that she met him later in his timeline, whilst he was regenerating.
The Rictus Syndrome Story Arc that began in (AUDIO: Cobwebs (audio story) concludes in this story leaving that fate of Nyssa in the current audio series of the 5th doctor

External links

Official Prisoners of Fate page at bigfinish.com