The Chaos Pool (audio story)

The Chaos Pool was the third and final title in The Key 2 Time audio trilogy. Lalla Ward appears briefly as Romana II in this story. This is the character's earliest chronological appearance in the main range.

Publisher's summary
The ageless leader of a dying race believes that salvation lies within The Chaos Pool, a place that even the Guardians of Time have been unable to locate. Meanwhile Commander Hectocot and his Teuthoidian followers move in for the kill - again and again and again...

Two different races from opposite ends of time - so how can they co-exist?

In their search for the final segment of the Key to Time, the Fifth Doctor and Amy become caught in the crossfire. As the end of everything approaches, old friends and enemies reveal themselves and the final battle between the forces of Chaos and Order ignites...

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Amy - Ciara Janson
 * Black Guardian - David Troughton
 * White Guardian - Jason Watkins
 * Zara - Laura Doddington
 * Astra of Atrios / Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Captain Pargrave - Ben Jones
 * Commander Hectocot - Toby Longworth
 * The Voice - Cate Hamer
 * Maddenjot -Will Barton

Individuals

 * The Doctor's latest news of Romana was that she was working for the High Council.
 * Romana has previously visited Mars.

Continuity

 * Zara refers to the planet Eratoon and the first segment of the Key to Time. During her visit to Eratoon, she was captured and imprisoned with the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace. (CC: The Prisoner's Dilemma)
 * The Grace's banishment of the Guardians echoes the White Guardian's banishment of the Eternals in DW: Enlightenment.

For the Doctor

 * The Chaos Pool occurs after BFA: The Destroyer of Delights
 * The Chaos Pool occurs before DWM: The Curse of the Scarab

For Romana

 * The Chaos Pool occurs after NA: Blood Harvest
 * The Chaos Pool occurs before NA: Happy Endings

For Amy

 * The Chaos Pool occurs after BFA: The Destroyer of Delights
 * The Chaos Pool occurs before GRC: The Sphere

For Zara

 * The Chaos Pool occurs after BFA: The Judgement of Isskar
 * The Chaos Pool occurs before GRC: The Sphere