The Death Collectors (audio story)
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The Death Collectors was the three-part story comprising part of the one hundred and ninth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Stewart Sheargold and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.
Released in June 2008, it was the third monthly story to feature the Seventh Doctor without any travelling companions. It was the first performed 3-part Seventh Doctor story since 1989's Survival.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
There is only death.
A virulent disease that killed millions. A missing scientist. An ancient race of salvagers who collect and preserve the dead. The quarantined planet Antikon connects them all.
When the Doctor arrives on a sky station above Antikon, a single accident has already set in motion a chain of events that will mean the death of every living thing.
And the only way he can stop it is to die. Again.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Professor Mors Alexandryn - Alastair Cording
- Danika Meanwhile - Katherine Parkinson
- Smith Ridley / Dar Traders - Derek Carlyle
- Nancy - Katarina Olsson
- Opera singer - Rebecca Bottone
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor says that he is a personal friend of Death.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor is depicted with a green paisley hatband and tie, and bright blue eyes on the cover, as opposed to his usual red paisley and darker blue/grey eyes.
- This audio drama was recorded on 17 and 18 March 2008 at the Moat Studios.[1]
- This story is set between Survival and the 1996 TV Movie, and after Frozen Time.[1]
- This story was previewed in DWM 396 with an illustration from Cliff Robinson.
- The reference book AHistory arbitrarily places this story in 4300, as it seems to feature humans in the far future.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka and Adric encountered the Dar Traders for the first time in the later-released story, AUDIO: The Darkening Eye [+]Loading...["The Darkening Eye (audio story)"].
- The Doctor mentions being the Lord President in a previous life, referring to the Fourth Doctor's short tenure in the post in TV: The Invasion of Time [+]Loading...["The Invasion of Time (TV story)"]. The Fifth Doctor would later be appointed by the High Council in TV: The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"] to take up the post once more, although he left in his TARDIS to avoid it. However, he was eventually brought to Gallifrey to serve as Lord President in AUDIO: Time in Office [+]Loading...["Time in Office (audio story)"].
- The Doctor refers to the fact that he can survive in the vacuum of space for a brief period of time. He did so in TV: Nightmare of Eden [+]Loading...["Nightmare of Eden (TV story)"], TV: Four to Doomsday [+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"], TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"], TV: Oxygen [+]Loading...["Oxygen (TV story)"]; AUDIO: Unregenerate! [+]Loading...["Unregenerate! (audio story)"]; PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"], and PROSE: Imperial Moon [+]Loading...["Imperial Moon (novel)"].
- The Doctor refuses to die to the sound of Madame Butterfly, which he calls "elevator music". He later died in surgery to the sound of that very opera in TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Death Collectors page at bigfinish.com
- The Death Collectors at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Death Collectors at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Backstage' tab of the official The Death Collectors page at bigfinish.com.
