The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)

 was the thirteenth release in Big Finish's monthly Doctor Who audio stories.

Publisher's summary
The Pinehill Crest Hotel in Kent is host to three very different events: a cross-stitch convention, an experiment in time travel and... the summoning of the Scourge.

The Seventh Doctor, Bernice and Ace find themselves dealing with a dead body that has come back to life, a mystical symbol that possesses its host, and a threat from another universe that is ready for every trick the Doctor's got up his sleeve.

This time, has the Doctor gone too far?

Cast

 * The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Annie Carpenter - Holly King
 * Mary Hughes - Caroline Burns-Cook
 * Brian Hughes - Lennox Greaves
 * Michael Pembroke - Michael Piccarilli
 * Gary Williams - Nigel Fairs
 * Scourge Leader - Peter Trapani

Foods and beverages

 * The Doctor muses to himself "why does tea made in a hotel room taste worse than tea made in any other situation?".

Objects

 * Ace uses a tool from the Spacefleet to pry the casings off Daleks to open the lift doors.

Species

 * The Scourge require surrender papers to invade Earth.
 * The Scourge's voices inspire religious awe in humans, allowing them to command whomever they wish.
 * Benny mentions two turtles, Squidgy and Speckley, that she kept when she had run away from the Spacefleet Academy.

The Doctor

 * While inside his mind, Bernice mentions seeing the Doctor's previous regenerations and what his eighth incarnation will be.
 * The Doctor discovered the Scourge whilst dreaming on the astral plane.

Continuity

 * Ace is pictured wearing her Spacefleet combat outfit, placing this after NA: Deceit.
 * Bernice mentions that Ace has been within the Doctor's mind. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
 * Bernice meets the Doctor's eighth incarnation in NA: The Dying Days.

Timeline

 * The Shadow of the Scourge occurs after VD: Question Mark Pyjamas
 * The Shadow of the Scourge occurs before ST: Virgin Lands