The Shadow Vortex (audio story)

The Shadow Vortex was the first story in the audio anthology Agents of Chaos, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured John Hurt as the War Doctor and Jacqueline Pearce as Cardinal Ollistra and introduced Honeysuckle Weeks as Heleyna.

	War Doctor
	Kruger, Professor Crane
	Ollistra, Heleyna
	Lara Zannis
	East and West Berlin, 1961
	Big Finish Productions
	David Llewellyn
	Nicholas Briggs
	David Richardson
	Howard Carter
	Howard Carter
	Tom Webster
	3.1
	Agents of Chaos
	6 October 2016
	1 X 1 hour
	BFPDWWAR03
	ISBN 978-1-78575-191-2 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-192-9 (digital)
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Synopsis

Cardinal Ollistra exploits the War Doctor’s affection for Earth to send him to East Berlin, 1961, on the trail of a Dalek agent. Lara Zannis has breached the planet’s quantum shield on a very special mission for the Dalek Time Strategist.

Caught between MI6 and the KGB, the War Doctor must first escape the Stasi before he can hope to stop Lara. Cold War scientists are about to make a breakthrough – the Daleks want control of the "Shadow Vortex", and Agent Zannis can provide it.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The War Doctor - John Hurt
• Lara Zannis - Neve McIntosh
• Heleyna - Honeysuckle Weeks
• Kruger - Timothy Speyer
• Professor Crane - Helen Goldwyn
• Kavarin - Gunnar Cauthery
• Leith - Matthew Cottle
• Cardinal Ollistra - Jacqueline Pearce
• Dalek Time Strategist / The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Worldbuilding

• Zannis was responsible for the attack on the Draconian embassy.
• Lara Zannis' cell was guarded by Corporals Richter and Muller.

Notes

• This story was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 18 February 2023.

Continuity

to be added

External links

• Official The Shadow Vortex page at bigfinish.com