Scenes From Her Life (audio story)
Scenes From Her Life was the second story in the audio anthology Doom Coalition 2, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Nicola Walker as Liv Chenka and Hattie Morahan as Helen Sinclair.
Publisher's summary
Investigating the appearance of the Voord on Earth, the Doctor, Liv and Helen follow a trail which takes them to the other side of the universe. There they discover a mysterious and almost deserted gothic city lost in space and time, in which the grotesque inhabitants are conducting a vile and inhumane experiment. The Doctor and his companions must hurry to save the lives of those in danger before the experiment is a success and the unimaginable consequences become all too real.
Plot
Locked up together, a husband shares his rations with his wife when their jailer, Swordfish, arrives to take the wife for his master's experiments. As nobody has yet returned from the experiments, the husband asks to take his wife's place and Swordfish accepts. Swordfish takes him to Lord Stormblood and Lady Sepulchra, who are enjoying wine with dinner, and he is subjected to the experiment which strips his flesh from his bones, killing him. The Lord and Lady are displeased, having wanted his atoms to be dispersed.
In a classroom, Caleera is taught about temporal mechanics by an Educator and is admonished by her for daydreaming and wasting her potential. Caleera's frustrations causes things in the room to crash around and smash glass.
The Doctor, Liv and Helen are in the TARDIS, looking at what little is left of the Voord homeworld. The Doctor detects chronon energy and attempts to trace it to its source.
Swordfish informs Lord Stormblood that a girl has been reinstalled into a machine. Lord Stormblood and Lady Sepulchra discuss how they need to expand the girl's mind so that she does not need the machine.
The Doctor finds that his way to the source through the Time Vortex has been blocked by an antique TARDIS, so damaged by the time winds that it has lost its outer shell. The Doctor's TARDIS beeps, warning him that it is on a collision course with the antique.
Caleera meets with a senior Time Lord, who informs her that she is potentially the Time Lord Academy's most powerful telepath. Although she is excited by this, he tells her that she will have to take suppressants to quell her powers and that someone will soon arrive to begin the process of treatment. Caleera is horrified, seeing her powers as an intrinsic part of her.
The Doctor again seems to see something out of the corner of his eye at the console and the Cloister Bell rings. He manages to materialise the TARDIS within the antique, which is heard by Lady Sepulchra, and Lord Stormblood has Swordfish take over so that they can go to meet their visitors. The Doctor observes that the antique looks other than it should and that the people within would be affected by the time winds. He asks Liv and Helen to wait at the TARDIS, which they agree to do, although Liv then tells Helen that they should wait only three minutes before following.
To be completed.
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Liv Chenka - Nicola Walker
- Helen Sinclair - Hattie Morahan
- Lord Stormblood - Vincent Franklin
- Lady Sepulchra - Jacqueline King
- Caleera - Emma Cunniffe
- Swordfish - Hamish Clark
- Wife - Janet Fullerlove
- Husband - John Banks
- The Eleven - Mark Bonnar
References
- Swordfish uses a gauntlet.
- Lord Stormblood and Lady Sepulchra have spotted dick for dessert.
- The Doctor detects chronon energy.
- The Doctor says that the Cloister Bell is always "just that little bit too late to be of any real use".
- The Doctor worries that he might cause a time ram.
Notes
- This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
Continuity
- The Voord homeworld has been destroyed. (AUDIO: Beachhead)
- Liv mentions her visit to Gallifrey. (AUDIO: The Eleven)
External links
- Official Scenes From Her Life page at bigfinish.com
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