Leviathan (audio story)

Leviathan is an audio story, originally written by Brian Finch to be included in Season 22. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.

Publisher's summary
No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...

When the TARDIS materialises near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn?

The answers lie within a cave...

Part one
to be added

Part two
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor – Colin Baker
 * Peri – Nicola Bryant
 * Gurth/Thurstan/Soltan - Howard Gossington
 * Herne/Baron/Osbert/Chandris - John Banks
 * Althya/Maude/Eada/Zeron - Beth Chalmers
 * Wulfric/Edgar- Jamie Parker
 * Siward//Master-Serjant/Gregorian - Derek Carlyle

Continuity

 * Peri mentions the possibility of Sil and Madamme Rana Zandusia sabotaging the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Mission to Magnus)
 * The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw previously encountered the Sentinels of the New Dawn in 2014. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn) The Doctor reveals the Sentinels were driven off Earth in the 22nd century.
 * Peri refers to being tortured. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
 * Peri is once again not surprised by the appearance of androids. She previously met them both on Androzani Minor (TV: The Caves of Androzani) and in Blackpool. (AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair)
 * The Seventh Doctor would later visit another artificial environment where the inhabitants were broken down. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Quatrain)
 * The Sixth Doctor states that he learned to use the broad sword from   Richard the Lionhearted. (TV: The Crusade)