Tomb Ship (audio story)

The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Nyssa to a vast pyramid, floating in space. A tomb ship – the last resting place of the God-King of the Arrit, an incredibly advanced and incredibly ancient civilisation, long since extinct.

They're not alone, however. Another old dynasty walks its twisted, trap-ridden passages – a family of tomb raiders led by a fanatical matriarch, whose many sons and daughters have been tutored in tales of the God-King's lost treasure.

But those who seek the God-King will find death in their shadow. Death from below. Death from above. Death moving them back and forward, turning their own hearts against them.

Because only the dead will survive.

Plot

Part One

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Part Two

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Part Three

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Part Four

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Cast

The Doctor - Peter Davison
Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
Virna - Eve Karpf
Jhanni - Amy Ewbank
Hisko - James Hayward
Heff - Jonathan Forbes
Murs - Ben Porter
Rek/Hologram-Fresco Voice - Phil Mulryne

Uncredited cast

Hannah Bartholemew - Francesca Hunt

References

The Doctor claims that the Arrit would have rivaled the Time Lords if their civilisation had survived.
The Arrit believed that their dead God-Kings became stars.
The Arrit-Ko were engineered to perform maintenance aboard the tomb ship as well as to worship the God-King.

Notes

This story was recorded on 10 and 11 December 2013.

Continuity

Nyssa refers to Nathaniel Whitlock. (AUDIO: Moonflesh)
The Doctor refers to the TARDIS' translation circuit. (TV: The End of the World)
Virna compares the Arrit-Ko to the Wirrn. (TV: The Ark in Space)
Hannah Bartholemew mentions that Edwin Tremayne told her about the TARDIS in Suffolk in October 1911. After the TARDIS door was left open due to a malfunctioning latch, she stowed away and travelled with the Doctor and Nyssa to the Arrit tomb ship. (AUDIO: Moonflesh)

External links

Official Tomb Ship page at bigfinish.com