| The Death Collectors | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 109 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor |
| Written by | Stewart Sheargold |
| Directed by | Nicholas Briggs |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 7Z/C |
| Length | TBA |
| Release date | June 2008 |
The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It contains a three-part story and a one-part story as well.
The Death Collectors
[edit]Plot
[edit]Death envelopes the planet of Antikon. And it is sought after by the Dar Traders.
Cast
[edit]- The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
- Professor Mors Alexandryn — Alastair Cording
- Danika Meanwhile, — Katherine Parkinson
- Smith Ridley/Dar Traders — Derek Carlyle
- Nancy — Katarina Olsson
Spider's Shadow
[edit]Plot
[edit]At a royal ball on an alien world, time is out of joint. And the spiders are breaking through.
Cast
[edit]- The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
- Guard — Alastair Cording
- Colonel — Derek Carlyle
- Martial Princess Alison Keldafrian — Katarina Olsson
- Martial Princess Louisa Keldafrian — Carol Fitzpatrick
- Henry — Kevin McNally
- Opera singer — Rebecca Bottone
Continuity
[edit]- The end of the Seventh Doctor's life in the TV movie is foreshadowed, including Puccini's Madama Butterfly which plays in his final moments.
- A prequel to this story is provided in the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Companion Chronicles story The Darkening Eye, which also features the Dar Traders.
Notes
[edit]- In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Frozen Time and Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake.