''The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow'' is a
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...
audio drama based on the long-running British
science fiction television series ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''. It contains a three-part story and a one-part story as well.
''The Death Collectors''
Plot
Death envelopes the planet of Antikon. And it is sought after by the Dar Traders.
Cast
*
The Doctor —
Sylvester McCoy
*Professor Mors Alexandryn — Alastair Cording
*Danika Meanwhile, —
Katherine Parkinson
Katherine Jane Parkinson (born 9 March 1978) is an English actress. She appeared in Channel 4's '' The IT Crowd'' comedy series as Jen Barber, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and was nominated twice ...
*Smith Ridley/Dar Traders — Derek Carlyle
*Nancy —
Katarina Olsson
Katarina may refer to:
Geography
*Katarina-Sofia borough, a borough in central Stockholm
*Topol pri Medvodah, a settlement in the Municipality of Medvode, Slovenia, known as Katarina
People
*Katarina (given name)
* Katarina (''Doctor Who''), a ch ...
''Spider's Shadow''
Plot
At a royal ball on an alien world, time is out of joint. And the spiders are breaking through.
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
''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
'' which plays in his final moments.
* A
prequel
A prequel is a literary, dramatic or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work.
The term " ...
to this story is provided in the
Fifth Doctor and
Nyssa Companion Chronicles story ''
The Darkening Eye
''The Companion Chronicles'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It b ...
'', which also features the Dar Traders.
External links
Big Finish Productions – ''The Death Collectors''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Death Collectors, The
2008 audio plays
Seventh Doctor audio plays