Legion of the Lost (audio story)

Legion of the Lost
Doctor:	War Doctor
Companion(s):	Collis
Featuring:	Ollistra
Main enemy:	Shadovar
Main setting:	Vildar, Last Great Time War; Aldriss, the early days of the galaxy
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	John Dorney
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	David Richardson
Music:	Howard Carter
Sound:	Howard Carter
Cover by:	Tom Webster
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release number:	2.1
Part of:	Infernal Devices
Release date:	22 February 2016
Format:	1 CD Download 1st of 3 stories
Production code:	BFPDWWAR02
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78575-189-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-190-5 (digital)
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Legion of the Lost was the first story in the audio anthology Infernal Devices, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured John Hurt as the War Doctor and Jacqueline Pearce as Cardinal Ollistra.

Publisher's summary

In a time of war, every means of victory must be explored. In the Time War, the unthinkable must be thought, and neither side can afford to be squeamish about their methods.

When the destruction of an obscene weapon leads to the Time Lord once known as the Doctor uncovering a secret Gallifreyan initiative, he cannot believe what is being considered.

Should victory be sought at any cost? Or are there worse possibilities than losing to the Daleks...?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The War Doctor - John Hurt
• Cardinal Ollistra - Jacqueline Pearce
• Collis - Zoë Tapper
• Shadovar - David Warner
• Captain Solex - Robert Hands
• Co-ordinator Jarad - Jamie Newall
• The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Worldbuilding

• Some varga plants were bred to have regeneration inhibitors which can kill a Time Lord instantly.
• Collis carries a pulse grenade.
• The Time War has made it possible for the Technomancers to resurrect the dead.
• Witnessing the Technomancer's resurrection process, Jarad exclaims, "Omega's ghost", to express shock.
• Jarad lost his TARDIS.

Notes

• This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
• This story was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in two parts on 7 and 8 January 2023. The first part ends after the Doctor and Collis decide to visit where she was resurrected.
  • The original broadcast of Part 2 stated that this was done to coincide with William Hartnell's birthday.

Continuity

• The Doctor notes that he was of service to the War Ollistra during the "Keska incident." (AUDIO: The Thousand Worlds, The Heart of the Battle)
• Gallifrey and Skaro's histories have been time locked. Gallifreyan intervention in Skaro's timeline precipitated tensions between the two races. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks; AUDIO: Ascension)
• The Doctor notes that it has been known for people to be brought back from death in the war through mass manipulation of the timelines. (TV: The End of Time)
• Shadovar notes that Time Lords are preserved after death through the APC Net. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)
• The Doctor states that he resigned himself to death the moment he started fighting the war. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)

External links

• Official Legion of the Lost page at bigfinish.com