The Gemini Contagion (audio story)
The Gemini Contagion was an exclusive-to-audio Doctor Who story from AudioGo released in March 2011.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The ice-planet Vinsk, in the year 2112. The all-new anti-viral handwash, Gemini, has been laced with Meme-Spawn: a sentient micro-organism which makes the user fluent in every language in the universe. However, manufacturer Zalnex made one crucial mistake. They didn't test Gemini on humans, who are seized by the violent urge to communicate but speak every language all at once — with a manic, garbled shriek — and pass on the virus by touch. The Doctor and Amy arrive on an Earth-bound cargo-ship loaded with Gemini, where a human crew are succumbing to the virus which has nasty second and third phases in store. When the Doctor and Amy are separated, they both know that it's only a matter of time before Amy is infected. With the ship locked on course, and no way of curing the sufferers, the Doctor is faced with a terrible decision: does he save Amy, or Earth?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Eleventh Doctor
- Amy Pond
- Lorraina
- Magnus
- Ramirez
- Turner
- Moran
- Hank Musselbrook
- Denton Vale
- Swanson
- Korn Peloa
- Jim
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Amy never learned French at school because she thought that she would never leave Leadworth.
- The Doctor hears the sound of the Gallifreyan language amongst the babble of voices in the cargo hold.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is read by Meera Syal, who played Nasreen Chaudhry in TV: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood.
- The story is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Gemini Contagion page at Penguin Books
- The Gemini Contagion at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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