Peshka (audio story)

Peshka was the third audio story in Big Finish Productions' second series of Counter-Measures.

	Group Captain Ian Gilmore Professor Rachel Jensen Dr Allison Williams Sir Toby Kinsella
	Prague, 1965 Amsterdam, 1965 London, 1965
	Big Finish Productions
	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
	Ken Bentley
	Nicholas Briggs
	Martin Montague
	2.3
	June 2013
	BFPCMBOX002
	ISBN 978-1-78178-082-4
Counter-Measures
← Previous	The Fifth Citadel
Next →	Sins of the Fathers

Publisher's summary

A visit to an international chess tournament isn't quite the relaxing experience the Counter-Measures team might have hoped for. With a defection to arrange and violence erupting on the streets it's time for a dangerous gambit. What pieces will be left on the table when the Endgame approaches?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Group Captain Ian Gilmore - Simon Williams
• Rachel Jensen - Pamela Salem
• Allison Williams - Karen Gledhill
• Sir Toby Kinsella - Hugh Ross
• Shurik Barkov/British Ambassador/Russian Guard - Bo Poraj
• Anya Barkov/Dutch Airport Tannoy Announcer - Emily Tucker
• Marcus Fremington/The Dutchman/The Steward/The Angry Man - John Banks
• St. John/The Policeman - Robert Lonsdale
• Terrance Fleischer - Blake Ritson

References

• "Peshka" is Russian for "pawns".
• Prior to her trip to Amsterdam, Allison had never previously flown.
• Gilmore is not fond of chess, claiming that "wars are fought on battlefields, not chessboards." However, he is an avid fan of cricket.
• Shurik Barkov was born in 1943.
• Marcus Fremington refers to the fictional spy Dick Barton.
• Gilmore listens to a riot in Harlem, with the characters unsure if this is a psychic bomb or not: "probably not," says Jensen. (This an allusion to the real life riot in 1964)

Notes

• This story was recorded on 22, 23, 25 and 26 October 2012.

Continuity

• Rachel refers to having recently undergone extensive radiation treatment. (AUDIO: The Fifth Citadel)
• Allison refers to Rachel becoming the leader of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group in 1964. (AUDIO: Threshold)
• Sir Toby mentions The Forge (as "Department C4") as someone who wants their hands on Barkov. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight)
• Sir Toby refers to Gilmore leading his entire unit to their death in the Battle of Arnhem during World War II. (AUDIO: Threshold)
• Allison refers to the fact that she was forced to kill her fiancé Julian St. Stephen. (AUDIO: State of Emergency) She breaks down at the end of the play at having to shoot someone again.

External links

• Official Peshka - Season Two Box Set page at bigfinish.com