The Cannibalists (audio story)

The Cannibalists
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Lucie
Main enemy:	Cannibalists
Main setting:	Haven Station One
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jonathan Morris
Director:	Jason Haigh-Ellery
Producer:	David Richardson, Barnaby Edwards
Music:	Andy Hardwick
Sound:	Andy Hardwick
Cover by:	Simon Holub
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Release number:	3.6
Release date:	16 - 23 May 2009
Format:	1 CD Download
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG022
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-398-9 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78178-756-4 (digital)
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The Cannibalists was the sixth story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

Publisher's summary

The Haven hangs in space. A vast star city, devoid of life. Organic life, that is.

From their high spire, looking out over silent streets and empty plazas, the Assemblers are waiting for the day when the humans arrive. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting...

When the TARDIS brings the Doctor and Lucie to the Haven, it seems like Assemblers' long wait might be over. Living beings! Without batteries! Protocol be praised!

Except — they're headed for the lower levels. They don't want to do that. That's where the Cannibalists live. And if the Cannibalists catch them — well, they won't be living beings much longer...

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Titus - Phil Davis
• Servo - Phill Jupitus
• Domitian / Diode - Nigel Lambert
• Macrinus / Crusher - Teddy Kempner
• Probus / Ripper - Oliver Senton
• Minerva - Charlotte Fields
• Elevator Voice - Beth Chalmers

Crew

• Cover Art - Simon Holub
• Director - Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Music and Sound Design - Andy Hardwick
• Producers - Barnaby Edwards and David Richardson
• Script Editor - Alan Barnes
• Writer - Jonathan Morris

Worldbuilding

• Lucie has watched a lot of Star Trek.
• Titus quotes Neil Young by saying, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
• The Assemblers cannot distinguish between men and women. As a result of this, they struggle to confirm that Lucie is human and repeatedly refer to her breasts as "unorthodox protrusions".

Notes

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• This audio drama was recorded on 22 October 2008 at the Moat Studios.
• The story was initially released as a download on the Big Finish website on 16 and 23 May 2009, and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 7 from 27 June to 4 July 2010.
• This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity

• In PROSE: The Pirate Loop ^[+]Loading...["The Pirate Loop (novel)"], the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones also arrive in a place populated only by robots waiting for the humans to arrive.
• Lucie mentions meeting Cybermen and Autons. She met Cybermen in AUDIO: Human Resources ^[+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"], and Autons in AUDIO: Brave New Town ^[+]Loading...["Brave New Town (audio story)"].
• Minerva recognises the Doctor as an "organic approximating human form", and detects that he contains "human genetic content", an allusion to the infamous "half-human" line in TV: Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"].

External links

• Official The Cannibalists page at bigfinish.com
• The Cannibalists at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Cannibalists at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide