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Bloodtide (audio story)

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Bloodtide was the twenty-second story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe.

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A pseudo-historical story, it dramatised a portion of the studies made by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands. It also marked the first appearance of the Silurians on audio.

Publisher's summary

The prehistoric Earth is dying. Thunderclouds roll across the skies, cloaking the land in darkness. The seas crash and boil as the rain turns to acid. The remnants of the Silurian race place themselves in suspended animation, deep below the surface.

One day they will awaken and reclaim their world...

The TARDIS has landed on the Galápagos Islands, a desolate outcrop of rocks shrouded in mist and fear.

In the settlement of Baquerizo Moreno, there are rumours that prisoners have been mysteriously disappearing from the gaolhouse. A fisherman has been driven insane by something he saw in the caves. And the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn are not the only new arrivals; there is also a young natural philosopher by the name of Charles Darwin...

Plot

Part One

Millions of years ago, a Silurian scientist named Tulok is on trial for experimenting on apes; his sentence is banishment to the planet's surface. On his way there, he encounters a female Silurian named Sh'vak, who offers to sneak him into a stasis pod. He refuses and goes out onto the surface. His creatures will also be banished.

In 1835, The Doctor and Evelyn are unsure of where they are until they encounter a giant tortoise, which tells them that they are on the Galapagos Islands. A little later, they meet up with Charles Darwin, who seems to know The Doctor, though it soons turns out that he thinks The Doctor is Albert Einstein. The Doctor, Evelyn and Charles visit the prison on the island. A man named Emilio is on trial because he claims to have seen devils in a cave by the river; his sister, Greta, pleads with the Judge that Emilio is a good man and is just unwell, but the judge refuses to listen to her and gives Emilio the death sentence.

The Doctor Evelyn and Charles have dinner. Later, The Doctor meets up with Greta and they go to the cell block. They discover that all the cells are empty. They go into one of the cells and the door closes and locks behind them. After a few minutes, a wall opens and Silurians come to take them away.

Part Two

Evelyn talks with Darwin, who has come to the conclusion that evolution is not due to divinity. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Greta are in a Silurian prison under sea level, where they find Emilio. The Doctor puts him into a hypnotic trance to relax, and explains who the Silurians are, which the Silurians overhear. They discuss whether the Doctor is a threat and should be killed, or should be studied. Emilio has become an ape due to his fear of the Silurians, and the Doctor tries to revert this process hypnotically. He succeeds.

A Silurian- Sh'Vak- takes the Doctor away while Evelyn and Darwin explore the islands and look for the Doctor, while Darwin further develops his theories. The Doctor is taken to a laboratory, spotting a modified bacterial culture, and is strapped to a chair. Sh'Vak believes Tulok and herself are the only survivors of the Silurian race, and are trying to get rid of humans because the Silurians were "here first". The Doctor reveals other Silurians exist, and tries to convince Sh'Vak not to start a war. Evelyn and Darwin meet with the governor, who says that the Doctor hasn't been found, and they leave him.

The Doctor smashes up the governors equipment so that the Silurians can't contact him. The Silurians infect the governor with a flesh eating virus.

Part Three

Greta is told that the Myrka is tracking her because the Silurians implanted a tracking device in her while she was unconscious. Greta chooses to sacrifice herself to save everyone on the ship. The Doctor rescues Evelyn and Charles; Charles goes back to the surface, while The Doctor and Evelyn go to another part of the cave. The Doctor and Evelyn find the Silurians stasis chambers, there is a deceased Silurian in one of them, someone has smashed up the stasis chambers; Sh'vak is listening, and knows that Tulok must've done it.

The Doctor finds a walk-in freezer full of meat, he deduces that the Silurians have been eating the prisoners. Tulok overhears Charles telling Evelyn his theory of evolution. Later Tulok enters the room and tells Evelyn and Charles that human evolution was the result of his genetic engineering, and that he is their god.

Part Four

to be added

Cast

Worldbuilding

Scientists

Authors

The Doctor reads from a book by Herman Melville, declaring Melville to be his favourite author. Evelyn calls Melville pompous and arrogant.

Ships

  • The Doctor and Evelyn meet Darwin while he is on the HMS Beagle.

Theories and concepts

  • Monkton's Theorem states that no intelligent species is likely to leave behind fossils.

Gallery

Notes

Continuity

External links

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