Eldrad Must Die! (audio story)
Eldrad Must Die! was the first story in the 2013 Fifth Doctor audio trilogy. A sequel to the 1976 Doctor Who television story The Hand of Fear, it allowed Stephen Thorne to reprise his role of Eldrad.
Publisher's summary
"A Doctor, curse his name, threw me down among the dead… but I endure. I am Eldrad… and I must live!"
A nuclear icebreaker, foundering in Arctic waters. Seabirds washed up in the fishing resort of Ambermouth, their wings encrusted with crystals. A shining artefact of uncertain provenance, up for sale on an auction site.
All of these things are linked, as the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are about to discover. Linked to the rebirth of a genocidal tyrant, presumed dead many years ago…
For the sake of the planets Earth and Kastria alike… Eldrad must die!
Plot
Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
- Turlough - Mark Strickson
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Eldrad - Stephen Thorne
- Mulkris - Nancy Carroll
- Charlie Gibbs - Pip Torrens
- Kate Sherrin/Waitress - Jessica Claire
- Bob Gell/Captain O'Brien - Brian Protheroe
- Jim/Lt Parker/Rocco - Mark Field
References
- Charlie tells Turlough that he is also an exile from Trion and that his family supported the opposing faction in the civil war.
- All Kastrians seem to have genetic rings.
- Other parts of Eldrad survived his obliteration and seem to be aware of each other. Despite this, the older and newer Eldrads are different and do not seem to be psychically linked.
Notes
- This story was recorded on 11 and 12 December 2012 at The Moat Studios.
- The title of this audio is a deliberate play on the phrase "Eldrad must live," which was repeated many times in TV: The Hand of Fear.
Continuity
- Eldrad was first encountered by the Fourth Doctor, who doubted the fall on Kastria killed him. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
- Charlie Gibbs was a classmate of Turlough's at Brendon Public School in 1983. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)
- The two incarnations of Eldrad are different individuals but are both still Eldrad, similar to the Older and Younger Processes who fought each other in the SARDIT. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
External links
- Official Eldrad Must Die! page at bigfinish.com
