Water Worlds (audio anthology)
Water Worlds was a full cast audio anthology released on 17 May 2022 by Big Finish Productions as part of The Sixth Doctor Adventures. It featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and introduced Ruth Madeley as new companion Hebe Harrison and Cherylee Houston as Elise Kaplan.
Publisher's summary
The Sixth Doctor returns, and he's thrown straight in at the deep end! Travelling the galaxy with Melanie Bush and their brand-new companion, marine biologist Hebe Harrison, there are wonders to see, dangers to face and plenty of peril beneath the waves.
1.1 The Rotting Deep by Jacqueline Rayner
A mysterious SOS summons the Doctor and Mel to an oil rig in the North Sea where a dwindling group of survivors awaits rescue from a lethal menace. One of their number is Hebe Harrison, a wheelchair-using marine biologist who is definitely more than she seems. Can our heroes escape the rig? And just what is killing off the rig's beleaguered crew?
1.2 The Tides of the Moon by Joshua Pruett
For Hebe's first trip in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Mel take her to the nearest available 'water world' – the Moon, two billion years in the past! Its advanced humanoid inhabitants, the Gilleans, are terrorised each night by their monstrous enemies, the Sheega. Even more worrying is that in a matter of hours, this ocean world will be laid waste by the gravitational interference of the blue-green planet next door...
1.3 Maelstrom by Jonathan Morris
The Doctor, Mel and Hebe visit the archipelago world of Veludia, only to discover a planet beset by electromagnetic storms where three survivors traverse the seas in a ramshackle township. These survivors are 'corps' - bodies used as hosts for minds stored in the vessel’s ‘mind-drive’ - and the Doctor, Mel and Hebe are seen as welcome replacements. But there's something lurking in the waters below, something of rage and power that wishes to destroy them all: the Maelstrom!
Featured actors
Stories
| # | Title | Author | Director | Featuring | Released | Pr. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rotting Deep | Jacqueline Rayner | Helen Goldwyn | Mel, Hebe | 17 May 2022 | BFPDWDR0601 |
| 2 | The Tides of the Moon | Joshua Pruett | ||||
| 3 | Maelstrom | Jonathan Morris | Mel, Hebe, Elise |
Notes
- The anthology was introduced with the song ♬♪ All of time and space is a happy place… ♪♫, which is themed for a 1980s children’s television programme. The song was released on YouTube, and sung by Helen Goldwyn and Colin Baker and was written by Jacqueline Rayner, with music by Howard Carter and the video was created by Rob Ritchie.
- The stories were recorded on 21-23 June 2021 at the Soundhouse.
External links
- Official Water Worlds page at bigfinish.com
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