The Empty Man (audio story)
The Empty Man was the second story in the audio anthology In the Bleak Midwinter, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Tim Foley and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Jaye Griffiths as Lady Audacity Montague.
Publisher's summary
Good evening, faithful listener. It's time for Eldridge Brinkwood, that splendid scribe of scary stories, to tell another of his tales this Christmas Eve.
Except this is a horror like no other. The Doctor and his friends have stirred something in the dark, something ruthless and relentless. And the Empty Man must feast...
Plot
On Christmas Eve, writer Eldridge Brinkwood finishes broadcasting a ghost story for his radio series, Eldridge Brinkwood's Haunted Delights, and encounters a face-changing figure in the studio. The Doctor gets him away to a car where Charley and Audacity are waiting and drives away, giving him and his companions the opportunity to explain to Eldridge what has been going on since they finished their Christmas celebrations at 107 Baker Street.
to be completed
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- Lady Audacity Montague - Jaye Griffiths
- Eldridge Brinkwood - Nickolas Grace
Worldbuilding
- Alfred Duckworth, also known as Ducky, is Eldridge's broadcast engineer.
- The Radio Chronicle is a magazine.
- Eldrige's show is called Eldridge Brinkwood's Haunted Delights.
- Appointment with Fear and The Man in Black are radio series.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor was telling Charley and Audacity about ghost stories a week ago in Twenty-Four Doors in December [+]Loading...["Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)"].
External links
- Official The Empty Man page at bigfinish.com
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