The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)

 was the second mainline audio story of The Key 2 Time arc.

Publisher's summary
''“You will be always looking in the wrong place. I have searched through all of Time and I cannot find it.”''

The search for the Key to Time has stalled: the next segment does not appear to exist anywhere in the universe. Forced into a temporary alliance with one of his greatest enemies, the Fifth Doctor suggests a course of action that is a validation of chaos itself.

Thrown at random across space and time, the Doctor and Amy arrive in 9th Century Sudan, where the greedy Lord Cassim is hoarding gold from the Legate of the Caliph. But why does Cassim look so familiar? What is the mysterious Djinni that lives out in the desert? And why does it need so much treasure?

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Amy - Ciara Janson
 * Black Guardian - David Troughton
 * Legate of the Caliph - Jason Watkins
 * Nisrin - Jess Robinson
 * Prince Omar - Bryan Pilkington
 * Hason - Paul Chahidi
 * The Djinni - William Barton
 * The Vizier - David Peart

Individuals

 * When the Doctor is talking to the Black Guardian at the beginning of the adventure, he mentions the pacts that the Guardian made with Turlough to kill him, and the ordeal that he had put Turlough through in making such a deal.

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to the events of DW: Mawdryn Undead, where the Black Guardian made a deal with Turlough to kill the Doctor.


 * The Black Guardian's associate, Djinni, uses a targeting lure, a jawaki, as the Black Guardian calls it, to try to destroy the White Guardian, Prince Omar and Amy. However, the Doctor realises that just as the Guardians' powers are diminishing, so are his ideas. This is exactly the same tactic that Captain Wrack used to destroy other competing ships in the race for Enlightenment. (DW: Enlightenment) Both items used to accomplish this task are pieces of jewelry; here it is Amy's necklace, whereas in DW: Enlightenment, it is Tegan's tiara.

Timeline

 * The Destroyer Of Delights occurs after BFA: The Judgement of Isskar
 * The Destroyer Of Delights occurs before BFA: The Chaos Pool