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Death in the New Forest was the second audio story in the anthology Tales from New Earth.
Publisher's summary
On his first mission for Senator Hame, Devon crosses continents to arrive in the New Forest and meet its people.
Trees are dying of unnatural causes. Sapling Vale, a cutting of the noble Jabe of the Forest of Cheem, will help Devon investigate the threat to her people.
So too will an alien, an old friend of New Earth... a time traveller known as the Doctor!
Plot
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Cast
- Sapling Vale - Yasmin Bannerman
- Devon Pryce - Kieran Hodgson
- Lumen - Dan Blaskey
- Termiton Jusk - Matt Wilkinson
- Xylem Maple Dorm - Derek Griffiths
- Termiton Uden/Flight Attendant - Pippa Nixon
Uncredited cast
- Tenth Doctor - Kieran Hodgson[1]
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor mentions Ken Dodd, saying that he was a comedian from the north of England.
- The Doctor claims that his last incarnation was literally "all ears".
Notes
- The story references Ken Dodd, who died five days after its release. He had appeared in the Seventh Doctor serial Delta and the Bannermen.
Continuity
- Devon visits the New Forest to pay respects for the death of Thorn. (AUDIO: Escape from New New York)
- The Doctor has come to pay a debt for Jabe of the Forest of Cheem. (TV: The End of the World)
- The Doctor laments "there should've been another way". (TV: Warriors of the Deep)
External links
- Official Death in the New Forest page at bigfinish.com