Subterranea (audio story)

The TARDIS is going underground. When the Doctor and Romana find themselves buried beneath the surface of an alien world, they're soon swallowed up by a giant burrowing machine. This is where the inhabitants of this planet live - in huge, constantly moving, Drill-towns, chewing up the fuel and resources of the planet in order to survive.

But something else lurks in the earth. Something that feeds on the Drill-towns. Something that is relentless and will not stop.

The Silex are hunting.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Tom Baker
Romana - Lalla Ward
Mr Maxwell Wilberforce Bell - Matthew Cottle
Mrs Lucretia Bell - Abigail McKern
Mr Jelicho Wigg / Mr Wilfer Wagstaff - Robbie Stevens
Miss Arabella Wagstaff / Mrs Betsy Wagstaff - Jane Slavin
Silex / Mr Stoker - John Banks

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Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
Director - Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - John Dorney
Writer - Jonathan Morris

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

There have been several wars on Cathon.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover.

Although not specifically stated, the idea of the Silex, advanced cyborg-creatures modifying other people to become more Silex in order to be immortal, is reminiscent of the Cybermen, and could possibly be an example of their parallel evolution. Similarly, the group-consciousness Silex making Lucretia into their Queen is similar to the Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation.