Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)

Shield of the Jötunn was the two hundred and sixth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Ian Edginton and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

2029 AD. In the desert of Arizona, billionaire philanthropist Dr. Hugo Macht is trying to save the world from climate change. But his great project to "scrub the sky clean" with nanoatomic machines grinds to an unexpected halt when his diggers break into something unexpected: a Viking burial barrow containing eight corpses, a mysterious shield, an even more mysterious inscription... and a yet more mysterious traveller in time and space, known only as the Doctor.

And that's not even the strangest part of Dr Macht's day. Soon, it'll begin to snow. Soon, the Doctor and his Girl Friday, Mrs Constance Clarke, will come face-to-face with an ancient horror in the blizzard. A Frost Giant, in need of a new body. In need of flesh...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
• Dr Hugo Macht - Michael J. Shannon
• Professor Lisa Zetterling - Nell Mooney
• Major Vincent Da Costa / Herger - James Caroll Jordan
• Bryce / Talessh - Ryan Forde

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• The Völva - Louise Jameson

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Constance tells the Doctor that he reminds her of her great-uncle Jasper, who lives alone in an expansive manor house, talks to his dog and takes potshots at rabbits.
• The Doctor has never been able to find the TARDIS kitchen and always eats out.
• He describes artron energy as benign, ambient radiation in the time vortex.
• The Talessh became extinct in the 11th century when their planet's star went nova.
• Jötunnheim was one of the nine worlds in Norse mythology.
• Hugo was the son of Murray Macht and possibly the grandson of Edgar Macht.
• Constance tells the Talessh that she barely knows the Doctor but she still trusts him implicitly.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

• This story was recorded at The Moat Studios.
• This story was initially titled "Snowblind".
• The Doctor and Constance arrive in Arizona on 13 July, 2029, "a Sunday", whereas in the real world, that date will actually fall on a Friday. However, this is consistent with the claim in TV: The War Machines that 20 July 1966 fell on a Monday when in the real world it was a Saturday.
• This story's director, Louise Jameson, makes a cameo appearance as the Völva.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor and Constance run into the parrot in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Sands of Life)
• Constance refers to her work at Bletchley Park. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
• Constance learns about the TARDIS' translation circuit. (TV: The End of the World et al.)
• The Doctor tells Constance that humanity will exist until the end of the universe. (TV: Utopia)
• Constance refers to her time in Nyasaland. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
• Constance learns the meaning of the "TARDIS" acronym. (TV: An Unearthly Child et al.)
• The Seventh Doctor later described artron energy as a form of mental energy. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Official Shield of the Jötunn page at bigfinish.com