Death on the Mile (audio story)

Death on the Mile
Main character(s):	Christina de Souza
Featuring:	Bishop, Jacqui
Main enemy:	Klep-Clotch Slitheen
Main setting:	Edinburgh Castle, August
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Donald McLeary
Director:	Helen Goldwyn
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Wilfredo Acosta
Sound:	Wilfredo Acosta
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	1.4
Part of:	Lady Christina: Series One
Release date:	23 August 2018
Format:	1 CD Download 4th of 4 stories
Production code:	BFPDWCHRISTINA01
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78703-594-2 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78703-595-9 (digital)
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Death on the Mile was the fourth and final story in the audio anthology Lady Christina: Series One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Donald McLeary and featured Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza, Warren Brown as Sam Bishop and Tracy Wiles as Jacqui McGee.

Publisher's summary

Lady Christina has been offered a job: the heist of a lifetime. She simply has to break into Edinburgh Castle.

At the same time, UNIT are investigating alien activity at the Military Tattoo. And where there's treasure and treachery, there are also Slitheen...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Lady Christina de Souza - Michelle Ryan
• Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
• Jacqui McGee - Tracy Wiles
• Elaine / Janice / Slitheen Janice - Melissa Collier
• Robin / Slitheen Robin - Richard Hansell
• Sir Edward Scott Cameron / Slitheen Edward / Biggs - Ewan Bailey
• Handley / Slitheen Handley - Christopher Ryan
• Policeman - Gareth Corke

References

• The disguised Slitheen suffer from gas exchange.
• Vinegar is used to kill Slitheen.
• The "Slitheen Edward" is the grandmother of the "Slitheen Robin".
• Christina mentions fidget spinners.

Notes

• The image of the Klep-Clotch Slitheen on the cover is a reuse of a promotional image depicting Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen from TV: Revenge of the Slitheen.
• This story sees Sam Bishop questioning his understanding and acceptance of Christina de Souza. His previous meeting with her saw him attempting to arrest her on behalf of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, without attempting to understand her as a person. This time around, when Christina saved Edinburgh in such a way that could have seen her own death, he didn't blame her when she succeeded and then escaped his custody once more. This story sees Bishop accepting de Souza as an anti-hero who manages to reach the same conclusion as UNIT but in her own way.

Continuity

• Sam mentions the Unified Intelligence Taskforce massacre at Downing Street. (TV: Aliens of London, World War Three)
• Christina claims that the 200 was a "gift". (TV: Planet of the Dead)
• Christina plans to check a collection of sapphires, one of which is reportedly from somewhere called Metebelis. (TV: Planet of the Spiders, AUDIO: Worldwide Web)
• After her last adventure with Sam Bishop, Christina has installed a remote control and an "amphibious mode" to the 200, enabling the bus to survive and navigate underwater. (AUDIO: Portrait of a Lady)
• The Slitheen are suffering from the gas exchange. (TV: Aliens of London et al)
• UNIT is fully aware that vinegar is deadly to the Raxacoricofallapatorians. (TV: World War Three, Revenge of the Slitheen, AUDIO: The Taste of Death)
• Christina refers to 200 as "old girl", just like how the Doctor refers to his TARDIS. (TV: The Doctor's Wife et al)

External links

• Official Death on the Mile page at bigfinish.com
• Official Death on the Mile page at serialbox.com