The Land of the Dead (audio story)
Publisher's summary
Hovering just above Alaska in 1964, the TARDIS picks up some strange energy emissions of a type the Doctor and Nyssa cannot make head nor tail of. Before they can try, they are forced to dematerialise to avoid a collision with a light aircraft. But the TARDIS is apparently following a scent and takes them to the same place thirty years later. There they encounter a new kind of habitat, occupied by the obsessive Englishman Brett, Monica his interior designer and Tulung, the half-Inuit, brought up in America.
Something in the snowy wastes of Alaska doesn't seem to want this new intrusion, and before long it appears as if the local spirits, revered by the Inuits, scorned by Brett, may be making some drastic attempts to erase Brett's structure and the secrets it contains from the face of the planet. If the Doctor can discover exactly what Brett has been doing, he may find a way to halt the assault, but Nyssa seems to be "in tune" with the spirits - although she doesn’t entirely like what she sees...
Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Monica Lewis - Lucy Campbell
- Supplier - Alistair Lock
- Shaun Brett - Christopher Scott
- Tulung- Neil Roberts
- Gaborik - Andrew Fettes
References
- Nyssa mentions Tegan's recent departure from the TARDIS.
- The Doctor notes, a little defensively, that several elements of the TARDIS are not working quite as well as they should, particularly the visual sensors and audio circuits.
Notes
- This is the first audio drama featuring Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.
- The cover image shows an adapted image of John Merrick's skull.
- The inner pamphlet includes a map of the base.
- This is one of the few Big Finish audios to be originally released on tape and well as CD.
Continuity
- Tegan recently departed the TARDIS. (DW: Time-Flight)
Timeline
- This story occurs after VD: Lonely Days
- This story occurs before VD: Past Reckoning
