The Song of Megaptera (audio story)

The Song of Megaptera (audio story)

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	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
	Peri Brown
	Captain Greeg
	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
	Pat Mills
	John Ainsworth
	1.07
	May 2010
	4 Episodes on 2 CDs

The Song of the Megaptera is the seventh Lost Story of Season 23 to be developed into an audio play, starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown. It is based on a story pitched in the 1980s titled The Song of the Space Whale.

Publisher's summary

Deep space in the distant future, and Captain Greeg and his crew are hunting mile-long Space Whales on a vast harvesting ship. By pure accident, they also capture the TARDIS.

The Doctor and Peri must use all their wits to survive. But what is the creature running loose in the ship's bowels? And can the Doctor save Megaptera before its song is extinguished forever?

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor – Colin Baker
• Peri – Nicola Bryant
• Captain Greeg - John Benfield
• Manus/Stennar - Neville Watchurst
• The Caller/Ship's Computer -John Banks
• Chief Engineer/Chanel - Susan Brown
• Stafel/1st Security Guard - Toby Longworth
• Axel/2nd Security Guard - Alex Lowe

References

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Notes

• This story was written for television under the name of Song of the Space Whale for Season 22.
• It was also written for a Fourth Doctor story then was reworked as a Fifth Doctor story, starring Tegan Jovanka and to introduce Vislor Turlough, written by Pat Mills and John Wagner. It was replaced by Mawdryn Undead. The introduction of Turlough was added at a late stage and he was to have been one of the travellers within the space whale.

Continuity

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Timeline

• The story takes place immediately after BFA: Point of Entry
• The story takes place before BFA: The Macros

External Links

• Official The Song of the Megaptera page at bigfinish.com