Queen of the Mechonoids (audio story)

	River Song
	Anya, Mark, Mechonoids
	Annam Henic
	Gelidius, 41st century
	Big Finish Productions
	Jonathan Morris
	Ken Bentley
	David Richardson
	Howard Carter
	Howard Carter
	Tom Webster
	1
	8.4
	The Diary of River Song: Series Eight
	27 January 2021
	1 CD Download 4th of 4 stories
	BFPDWRIVER08
	ISBN 978-1-83868-288-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-289-7 (digital)
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Queen of the Mechonoids, orQueen of the Mechanoids, was the fourth and final story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Eight. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Alex Kingston as River Song, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Joe Sims as Mark Seven.

Publisher's summary

Space Security agents Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven answer a distress call – and find River Song, ruling a city of Mechanoids.

But another shock awaits beneath this planet’s icy surface. The Mechanoids have been upgraded and are about to be unleashed upon the galaxy!

Plot

to be added

Cast

• River Song - Alex Kingston
• Anya Kingdom - Jane Slavin
• Mark Seven - Joe Sims
• Annam Henic - Derek Griffiths
• The Mechonoids - Nicholas Briggs

Worldbuilding

• Gelidius is an ice planet.

Notes

• This story marks the Mechonoids' first appearance in a Big Finish audio drama since The Juggernauts in 2005.
• This story features Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven and helps reintroduce them for 2021's Dalek Universe series.
• As was the case in other audio stories, the name of the robots is pronounced quite clearly as "Mechanoids", despite the title and marketing using the "Mechonoid" spelling.

Continuity

• The Mechanoids were sent out to prepare worlds ready for colonisation 1,650 years ago. (TV: The Chase)

External links

• Official Queen of the Mechonoids page at bigfinish.com