The Battle of the Tower (audio story)
The Battle of the Tower was the third story in the audio anthology, Shutdown, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Andrew Smith and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood and James Joyce as Josh Carter.
Publisher's summary
The threat is now clear, and Kate Stewart retreats to UNIT HQ with her most trusted colleagues. She has no choice but to place the Black Archive into lockdown, and the Tower of London is where UNIT will make its stand.
While the capital sleeps, an alien horde is gathering, ready to rise from the shadows to attack Earth's greatest defence force inside its own stronghold.
The Tower is infiltrated, and UNIT must hold the line. At any cost. Lock and load...
Plot
One of the Tengobushi attacks the UNIT aeroplane and, whilst Josh struggles with him, Kate and Osgood try to pilot it. Josh manages to get the Tengobushi off of the plane and lands safely on the ocean, after which they manage to return to the Tower of London and go to high-alert with the intention of going into lockdown once the tourists have left. Osgood finds the Kamishi energy cell in the Black Archive and Kate has Josh kidnap Lyme and bring her to the Tower. Lyme admits that Professor Harrison told Dr Eastwood about the energy cell and that he ended the experiments shortly before his death.
Sir Peter arrives at the Tower and has Lyme released. Kate orders Sam to be sent to Santiago ahead of Lyme and explains to Sir Peter about the imminent Tengobushi attack. She meets with Dokan and Chiso near the White Tower and goes to check on Osgood when her work on the energy cell causes a tremor. Josh follows the Kamishi to the London Underground and into the tunnel to their secret base, but he is soon forced to flee and returns to the Tower before lockdown.
to be completed
Cast
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Captain Josh Carter - James Joyce
- Felicity Lyme - Alice Krige
- Sir Peter Latcham - Nigel Carrington
- Dokan - Dan Li
- Chiso / Tengobushi Assassins - Akira Koieyama
References
- Richard is Lyme's driver.
- Lyme has a flight to Santiago.
- Three queens of England, two saints and four bishops were imprisoned in the Tower of London. Of the bishops, three, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer were later tried and burned as heretics.
- Sir Peter has the authority of the Defence Secretary.
- Josh mentions Diagon Alley, a fictional location in the Harry Potter series.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- General Avery has gone missing. (AUDIO: Death in Geneva)
- Sam is in Johannesburg. (AUDIO: Death in Geneva)
- Atkins who worked in the Black Archive was expected to be disappointed that the Tower of London had been destroyed on "his first day of work". When Clara Oswald met him, "Kate Stewart" explained to her that his memory was wiped every day. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
External links
- Official Shutdown page at bigfinish.com
