Metamorphosis (audio story)

Metamorphosis
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Harry, Naomi
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	Jaxus
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Lisa McMullin
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Jamie Robertson
Sound:	Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	13.6
Part of:	Metamorphosis
Release date:	11 June 2024
Format:	Download 3rd of 3 stories
Production code:	BFPTOMCD094
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-459-4 (physical) ISBN 978-1-83868-460-0 (digital)
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Metamorphosis was the fifth story of the thirteenth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Lisa McMullin and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan, Eleanor Crooks as Naomi Cross and Geoffrey Beevers as the Master.

Publisher's summary

The people of the planet Jaxus are vanishing. When the Doctor and his friends land, Naomi is snatched away by a mysterious fog and taken to a prison run by a very old foe of the Doctor's. The Master is here and he has, as ever, a sinister scheme underway... but neither Naomi nor Harry know who he is... Can the Doctor stop his plans and rescue the prisoners? Or will his companions inadvertently aid his enemy's plans?

Plot

Part one

Instead of setting a course for Earth to return Harry and Naomi, the Doctor pilots the TARDIS elsewhere and finds that they have landed on Jaxus, a largely unremarkable planet. The trio agree to help Cahlo find her father, Padro, the latest of a number of people who have vanished before others' eyes after a fog falls. When the fog falls again, Naomi disappears and reappears in a pod from which she is led by the zombie-like Padro, who has gone through "rehabilitation", to meet with the governor of the abandoned prison. The Master, acting as governor, is surprised to smell that Naomi is human and has Padro take her to be rehabilitated as he was, but she manages to escape.

The Doctor, Harry and Cahlo go looking for Naomi, coming across Eosian grass capable of stimulating regeneration, and head towards the prison after spotting a light.

to be completed

Part two

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Naomi Cross - Eleanor Crooks
• Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
• The Master - Geoffrey Beevers
• Cahlo - Lydia West
• Padro - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

to be added

Worldbuilding

• There is often a stable in the TARDIS kitchen's location on a Tuesday. It is populated by horses in February.
• The pollen of Eosian grass can stimulate regeneration.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The Doctor says that Harry missed his regeneration, which occurred in TV: Planet of the Spiders ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"].

External links

• Official Metamorphosis page at bigfinish.com