Cobwebs (audio story)

	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
	Tegan Jovanka Nyssa (re-joins) Vislor Turlough
	Enforcement Officer Bragg The Cractids
	Helheim
	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
	Jonathan Morris
	Barnaby Edwards
	Steve Foxon
	136
	31 July 2010
	2 Disc, 4 parts
	6FA
	ISBN 978-1-84435-472-6

Cobwebs was a Big Finish Productions audio adventure that began the 2010 Fifth Doctor season. It was the first of three such stories that year. It was notable for being the first new story recorded by stars Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson since DW: Terminus in 1983, discounting flashback sequences in DW: The Caves of Androzani.

Publisher's summary

You know what cobwebs mean. Spiders…”

In search of a cure for a sickness that’s so far claimed six billion lives, scientist Nyssa arrives at an abandoned gene-tech facility on the toxic planet Helheim. ‘Hellhole’, more like.

Nyssa’s not alone. The TARDIS has also been drawn to the Helheim base – and in its cobweb-coated corridors, she soon runs into the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, her travelling companions of half a century past. But who, or what, has engineered this strange reunion? The Black Guardian, perhaps?

The answer’s here, in the dark. With the Cractids. In the cobwebs.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
• Tegan - Janet Fielding
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Turlough - Mark Strickson
• Director Cardell/Ship's Computer - Helen Griffin
• Loki/Edgar/Hawks - Raymond Coulthard
• Enforcement Officer Bragg - Adrian Lukis
• Bio Technician Valis/Echelon - Charlotte Lucas

References

• Nyssa has cured Lazar's disease.

Story notes

• This is the first audio drama released in the main range to feature Turlough since BFA: Singularity in November 2005.
• This audio drama was recorded on 29 December 2009 and 4 January 2010.

Continuity

• Chronologically, this story takes place two days after the events pf DW: Enlightenment for the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough and fifty years after the events of DW: Terminus for Nyssa.
• Nyssa mentions encountering Daleks in Stockbridge. (BFA: Plague of the Daleks)
• The Doctor and Tegan argue over Turlough's loyalty. Tegan makes numerous references to his alliance with the Black Guardian. (DW: Enlightenment)
• Nyssa is aware of the circumstances of the Doctor's next regeneration. (BFA: Winter)

Timeline

For the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough

• Cobwebs occurs after CC: Freakshow
• Cobwebs occurs before BFA: The Whispering Forest

For Nyssa

• Cobwebs occurs after BFA: Winter
• Cobwebs occurs before BFA: The Whispering Forest

External links

• Official Cobwebs page at bigfinish.com
• Cobwebs at the Doctor Who Reference Guide