1001 Nights (audio anthology)

1001 Nights was the December 2012 release of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who monthly range.

Publisher's summary
A long time ago, two travellers came from far away...

In the perfumed palace of an omnipotent Sultan, a girl must tell stories to keep the man she cares about from a cruel and horrible death. She spins tales of distant lands she has visited with a mysterious traveller, of fabulous creatures and fantastic adventures – and of a blue box that can travel in time and space.

Meanwhile, in the dungeons below the throne room, there lurks a secret which will bring down the kingdom – perhaps even the universe.

Can the Doctor and Nyssa escape from this never-ending story before the final chapter spells their end?

Cast

 * Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Sultan - Alexander Siddig
 * Old Man - Nadim Sawalha
 * Nazar - Teddy Kempner
 * Lottie/Woman Stallholder - Kim Ismay
 * Gantha/Warder - Malcolm Tierney
 * Elizabeth Spinnaker/Bessie/Crying Woman - Debbie Leigh-Simmons
 * Alien Psychiatrist/Balladeer -Christopher Luscombe
 * Hill/Archie - Oliver Coopersmith

Continuity

 * Nyssa states that the Doctor had a different face when she first met him and that he was travelling with Adric (TV: The Keeper of Traken). She also mentions that it wasn't until he changed faces that she began to properly travel with him (TV: Logopolis).
 * The Doctor uses the word "Tremas" to defeat the Interplanetarian.