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| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| The Death Collectors | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 109 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor |
| Writer | Stewart Sheargold |
| Director | Nicholas Briggs |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 7Z/C |
| Set between | Frozen Time and Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake. |
| 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.
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The Death Collectors
Plot
'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.
Cast
- 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
Plot
It is the eve of battle and the Martial Princesses Louise and Alison are hosting a royal ball. But there are unwelcome visitors in the garden and a sequence of events spiralling out of control. And what's more, the Doctor doesn't even remember arriving.
Cast
- 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
- 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.
External links
- Big Finish Productions - The Death Collectors
- The Death Collectors at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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