The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)

The Destroyer of Delights was the one hundred and eighteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Clements and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Ciara Janson as Amy.

The Destroyer of Delights

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Main setting:

Dunqulah, Sudan, the 9th century

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Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

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Release details

Number of parts:

4

Release number:

118

Release date:

14 February 2009

Format:

2 CDs
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Production code:

6R/B

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-84435-364-4 (physical)
ISBN 978-1-78575-665-8 (digital)

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The Boy That Time Forgot	The Chaos Pool

It was the second audio story of The Key 2 Time arc in the main range. It was the first performed story to feature the White Guardian since the television story Enlightenment.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

“You will be always looking in the wrong place. I have searched through all of Time and I cannot find it.”

The search for the Key to Time has stalled: the next segment does not appear to exist anywhere in the universe. Forced into a temporary alliance with one of his greatest enemies, the Fifth Doctor suggests a course of action that is a validation of chaos itself.

Thrown at random across space and time, the Doctor and Amy arrive in 9th Century Sudan, where the greedy Lord Cassim is hoarding gold from the Legate of the Caliph. But why does Cassim look so familiar? What is the mysterious Djinni that lives out in the desert? And why does it need so much treasure?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor - Peter Davison
Amy - Ciara Janson
The Black Guardian - David Troughton
The Legate of the Caliph - Jason Watkins
Nisrin - Jess Robinson
Prince Omar - Bryan Pilkington
Hason - Paul Chahidi
The Djinni - William Barton
The Vizier - David Peart

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
Director - Lisa Bowerman
Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music and Sound Design - Simon Robinson
Producer - David Richardson
Script Editor - Alan Barnes
Writer - Jonathan Clements

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hason has trade goods from all over the world.
- He has swords from Al-Andalus.
  - Al-Andalus is located "where the land meets the western ocean."
- Rare jades from Cathay.
- Slaves from Europe and Africa.
Legate is a synonym of messenger.
Blue and black are the same word in Old Norse.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original cover art
Preview by Brian Williamson appeared on DWM 405

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story marks the first appearance of the White Guardian in an audio drama.
This audio drama was recorded on 21 and 22 April 2008 at the Moat Studios.
This story is set between Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.
This story was originally released on CD and download on 14 February 2009.^[1]
This story was previewed in DWM 405 by an illustration from Brian Williamson.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor refers to the events of TV: Mawdryn Undead ^[+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"], where the Black Guardian made a deal with Turlough to kill him.
The Black Guardian's associate, Djinni, uses a targeting lure, a jawaki, as the Black Guardian calls it, to try to destroy the White Guardian, Prince Omar and Amy. However, the Doctor realises that just as the Guardians' powers are diminishing, so are his ideas. This is exactly the same tactic that Captain Wrack used to destroy competing ships in the race for Enlightenment in TV: Enlightenment ^[+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"]. Both items used to accomplish this task are pieces of jewellery; here it is Amy's necklace, while in Enlightenment, it is Tegan's tiara.