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|companions = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |companions = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
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|enemy = | |enemy = [[Max Hodgson|Henry Cuthbertson]] | ||
|setting = [[St Andrews]], [[August]] [[1940]] | |setting = [[St Andrews]], [[August]] [[1940]] | ||
|writer = Tim Foley | |writer = Tim Foley | ||
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|next = Dream Team (audio story) | |next = Dream Team (audio story) | ||
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'''''The Merfolk Murders''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Dream Team (audio anthology)|The Dream Team]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]]. | '''''The Merfolk Murders''''' was the first story in the audio anthology ''[[The Dream Team (audio anthology)|The Dream Team]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Tim Foley]]. | ||
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Professor Hodgson was at the castle on the night of Athena's murder, explaining why they could hear her [[dog]] [[Marmalade (The Merfolk Murders)|Marmalade]] barking, and the Doctor points out that the porter's logbook does not clarify which Miss McDonnell witnessed the murder in the summer. Anna admits that she saw two men fighting on the cliffs and that one went over, but she redacted the report she made to Mr Patterson when she started wondering if she imagined it. Mr Patterson later died of [[food poisoning]], which brings the Doctor to Henry's lies; he lied when he said that Athena made the sandwiches at Seaview and he exploited Kowalski's poor eyesight to get him to agree that they saw Athena enter the castle on the night of her death. Athena had already been killed and hidden behind a [[canvas]] attached to one of the hooks until Henry poisoned himself and went to the beach, removing the canvas. | Professor Hodgson was at the castle on the night of Athena's murder, explaining why they could hear her [[dog]] [[Marmalade (The Merfolk Murders)|Marmalade]] barking, and the Doctor points out that the porter's logbook does not clarify which Miss McDonnell witnessed the murder in the summer. Anna admits that she saw two men fighting on the cliffs and that one went over, but she redacted the report she made to Mr Patterson when she started wondering if she imagined it. Mr Patterson later died of [[food poisoning]], which brings the Doctor to Henry's lies; he lied when he said that Athena made the sandwiches at Seaview and he exploited Kowalski's poor eyesight to get him to agree that they saw Athena enter the castle on the night of her death. Athena had already been killed and hidden behind a [[canvas]] attached to one of the hooks until Henry poisoned himself and went to the beach, removing the canvas. | ||
Henry admits that he is | Henry admits that he is Maximilian Hodgson, that he killed Mr Patterson and later Athena when he came to believe that she had witnessed him killing the real [[Henry Cuthbertson]] and that he planted Professor Hodgson's papers in Athena's rooms because he was angry at her having pushed his mother away for her career. He escapes and jumps from the cliff after telling Adric that he did not lie about their friendship. The Doctor gives Seb dates of when St Andrews will be in danger throughout [[World War II]] so that he can redeem himself by saving lives and Nyssa declines to stay with Kowalski, returning to the TARDIS where the upset Adric heads to [[Adric's TARDIS bedroom|his room]]. At Tegan's insistence, the Doctor takes her and Nyssa to the end of the war so that they can check on Professor Hodgson. | ||
''to | The TARDIS instead lands over twenty years in the future and the surprised Professor Hodgson introduces Nyssa and Tegan to Kowalski's daughter, [[Nina Kowalski|Nina]], and they share [[mulled wine]]. The Doctor and Adric discuss Adric's potential interest in joining a university, which the Doctor believes would be a good idea despite him not wanting to lose Adric any time soon. Once Nyssa and Tegan rejoin them, they see ''[[The Return of Orion Hood]]'' by Janet Govanka in a bookshop window with the Doctor wearing [[Sixth Doctor's coat|a rainbow coat]] on the cover and hurry away to avoid spoiling anything about their future. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||