London Orbital (audio story)

Long ago, a massacre in a suburban house led to the young Harry Sullivan joining UNIT. But the murders were never solved. Years later, Harry and Naomi Cross investigate an oddity in the London Underground and uncover a whole different side to the capital.

Creatures of myth are running amok across the city in a conflict going back decades. And somewhere in the shadows lurks a new incarnation of their old friend...the Doctor. And he's here to stop a war.

Plot

Part one

Having felt useless at sea during the recent plague, Harry has an interview with Dr May for a job at a hospital and learns that the plague was cured by a man from UNIT. He meets a bloodsoaked couple with strange ears who ask for help and disappear, after which a man with a sword comes looking for them and departs when the alarm rings. Harry heads to the address that the couple mentioned, 17 Foxworth Drive.

In the 2010s, Harry and Naomi are working for UNIT after the Fourth Doctor returned them to Earth more than thirty years after their own time. Harry decides to investigate the matter of elf-like creatures encountered by Harper and a woman behind a vanishing wall in Clerkenwell tube station, believing them to be connected to the massacre at 17 Foxworth Drive. Back in the day, Harry had reported the bodies he had found there to the authorities, but the house had completely vanished by the time they arrived and the house numbers reshuffled. He looked into it and came into contact with the Brigadier, who hired him as UNIT's medical officer.

Harry and Naomi go to Clerkenwell and speak with Harper and the woman, who describe the sense of dread they felt as they approached the wall and show them the patterned tiles they found on the other side. They see the swordsman chasing the foreman over a monitor and Naomi calls the police whilst Harry goes to help, but the foreman is shot in the arm with an arrow. The swordsman recognises Harry and prepares to throw him in the path of a train before the Seventh Doctor uses the Sigil of Tormiss to bind him and force him to release Harry. The swordsman gets on the moving train as it passes.

The Doctor realises who he has just saved and is surprised to see how young Harry and Naomi look. Having read the UNIT files, the two of them know who he is and tell him what has happened.

Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

The Doctor – Sylvester McCoy
Harry Sullivan – Christopher Naylor
Naomi Cross - Eleanor Crooks
Keryth – Hywel Morgan
Agrandir – Youssef Kerkour
Elidir / Byrne – Saffron Coomber
Balmaris - Joshua Riley
Sarya / Margolis - Mandy Weston
Harper / Lathrael / Receptionist 2 - Sam Stafford
Mimriel / May / Receptionist 1 - Candida Gubbins

References

17 Foxworth Drive was attacked.
A man in Bromley mistakes a cat for a demon.
Naomi says that she should call Kate Stewart.
Naomi mentions Mr Spock.
Naomi cannot get the hang of smart TV.
Harry and Naomi speak to the foreman.
Harry says that he was "top at sprinting".
Naomi calls the swordsman Robin Hood.

Notes

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Continuity

Harry mentions the Silurian plague, which was cured by the Third Doctor. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
Harry and Naomi have been dealing with matters of life and death recently. (AUDIO: Fire and Ice, etc.)
Naomi mentions the Robot Yeti in the London Underground. (TV: The Web of Fear)

External links

Official London Orbital page at bigfinish.com