The Rosemariners (audio story)

 was the eighth and final story release in the third series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Donald Tosh, from his original script, narrated by Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury and featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot.

Publisher's summary
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves on an almost deserted space lab in the Antares Galaxy. Earth Station 454 is being closed down, mothballed, its staff relocated. Years of research and co-operation are coming to an end and only distinguished xeno-botanist Professor Arnold Biggs remains on board.

But is there more to the closure than meets the eye? For the operation is being supervised by the Rosemariners of the planet Rosa Damascena. Their terrifying Commander, Rugosa, seems to have something to hide. Who is he? What do the Rosemariners want with the scientists? And what is the secret of Rosedream?

In a world where no one is quite what they seem, and deadly plants lurk around every corner, the Doctor will have to use all his ingenuity just to stay alive... just to stay himself.

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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
 * Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
 * Professor Arnold Biggs - David Warner
 * Commander Rugosa - Clive Wood

Uncredited

 * Colbert - Wendy Padbury

Crew

 * Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
 * Director - Lisa Bowerman
 * Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
 * Music and Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
 * Producer - David Richardson
 * Script Editor - John Dorney
 * Writer - Donald Tosh

Worldbuilding

 * Professor Arnold Biggs, who is in his mid 60s, is a xeno-botanist.
 * Jamie accidentally causes the TARDIS, which had been placed in a holding pattern by the Doctor, to materialise on Earth Station 454.
 * The Rosemariners are native to Rosa Damascena.
 * Colbert has been the chief executive officer of Earth Station 454 for the previous two years.
 * Jamie refers to the Daleks as "nasty metal beasties."
 * Xeno-botany has always been one of the Doctor's hobbies. Conversely, Zoe knows nothing about it.
 * The life force of the Rosemariners is not blood but ichor or "rose life." Consequently, roses are vital to the existence of the Rosemariners.
 * The Daleks developed rosa toxicaera on Kembel.
 * The serum Rosedream sends its victims into a catatonic state.
 * Felicity and Doris have been doing the catering on Earth Station 454 for years.
 * Rugosa mentions that the Black Death of the 14th century occurred on Earth 10,000 years earlier.

Continuity

 * The Doctor tells Jamie and Zoe that the Daleks were responsible for the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste in 1872. (TV: The Chase)
 * The Doctor mentions that the Daleks were on Kembel in 4000. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * The Doctor refers to the Varga plants, which he believes were developed by the Daleks on Kembel. (TV: Mission to the Unknown) However, they are in fact native to Skaro. (AUDIO: Purity)
 * The Doctor and Zoe both refer to her eidetic memory. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
 * The Doctor mentions that xeno-botany is a great hobby of his. The Fourth Doctor would later mention being president of the Intergalactic Floral Society and the difficulties surrounding studying Krynoids. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)