Leviathan (audio story)
Leviathan is an audio story which was originally written by Brian Finch to be included in the televised Season 22. This serial was dropped due to budgeting concerns after the final script was written. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.
Publisher's summary
No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...
When the TARDIS materialises near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...
Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn?
The answers lie within a cave...
Plot
Part one
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Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor – Colin Baker
- Peri – Nicola Bryant
- Gurth/Thurstan/Soltan - Howard Gossington
- Herne/Baron/Osbert/Chandris - John Banks
- Althya/Maude/Eada/Zeron - Beth Chalmers
- Wulfric/Edgar- Jamie Parker
- Siward//Master-Serjant/Gregorian - Derek Carlyle
References
- The Doctor believes that the Middle Ages is "an interesting period in its way, but in increasingly small doses."
- An android Herne the Hunter was created as the Sentinels' enforcer.
- Faster-than-light travel was invented in the mid-22nd century, making the Leviathans obsolete before they could be used.
- The Doctor knows how many people he's killed.
- Peri calls the robotic hounds "androids."
Notes
- Unlike the other Lost Stories in the series, Leviathan was not written for Season 23. It was dropped at the last minute, having rehearsal scripts set up; the reasons it wasn't made aren't known but David Richardson it was most likely for budgetary reasons. The script for this serial was sent in after Paul Finch read about the lost stories series in Doctor Who Magazine. Recording for the series was already nearing completion when this script was sent in. After reading the script, Richardson arranged to extend the originally planned seven stories, which were already at the tail end of production, to include it as an eighth. This audio drama was recorded on 28 and 29 April 2009. Due to the large amount of characters required each of the secondary cast had to perform three or four roles.
- Brian Finch had written for Colin Baker's earlier show, The Brothers.
Continuity
- Peri mentions the possibility of Sil and Madamme Rana Zandusia sabotaging the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Mission to Magnus)
- The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw previously encountered the Sentinels of the New Dawn in 2014. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn) The Doctor reveals the Sentinels were driven off Earth in the 22nd century.
- Peri refers to being tortured. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
- The Seventh Doctor would later visit another artificial environment where the inhabitants were broken down. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Quatrain)
External links
- Official Leviathan page at bigfinish.com
- Leviathan at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Leviathan at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
- Transcript of Leviathan at Chrissie's Transcripts Site
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