Absolute Power (audio story)

 was the two hundred and nineteenth story in Big Finish's monthly range.

Publisher's summary
Two thousand years ago, all civilisation on the planet Teymah was wiped out in an AELE – an Anomalous Extinction Level Event. Now, the galactic entrepreneur Lyam Yce hopes, at last, to learn the reason why the ancient Teymahrians went extinct – by funding a huge archaeological dig.

While the Doctor probes a strange sphere found by Yce's diggers, his companion, former Bletchley Park cryptographer Constance Clarke, agrees to help translate symbols written in the lost ancient language of the Teymahrians. And soon, they'll learn that ancient Teymah's secrets were best left buried deep beneath its shifting sands...

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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
 * Lyam Yce - Paul Reynolds
 * Florrie/Medical Doctor - Jenny Bede
 * Ammar Elkady - Arian Nik
 * Professor Aryan Wyke/Mine Worker - Neil Edmond
 * Kohrbal - Gary Martin
 * Pheenan - Esther Hall

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to Constance's qualifications as a cryptographer and linguist. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
 * Constance tells Yce that she and the Doctor have only been on a few trips together. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross, The End of the Line, Planet of the Rani, Shield of the Jötunn, Order of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor tells the Ninexie that fishing is one of his hobbies. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, The Androids of Tara, The Two Doctors; AUDIO: Arrangements for War, Criss-Cross)
 * The Doctor asks the Ninexie if they're related to the Nix. (AUDIO: The Waters of Amsterdam)
 * The Doctor keeps a yo-yo in his pocket. (TV: Robot, et. al)
 * The Ninexie populate planets by acting like gods and manipulating civilisations, much like the Nimon. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)
 * The Cloister Bell sounds when the Ninexie attack the TARDIS. (TV: Logopolis)
 * The TARDIS mentions the Hostile Action Displacement System as a clue to the Doctor. (TV: The Krotons)
 * The Doctor returns to the power room, remembering that it used to be closer to the console room. (TV: The Mind Robber) It resembles an industrial cathedral, reminiscent of the dynormorphic generators. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
 * Constance refers to Strellin. (AUDIO: Order of the Daleks)
 * Constance wants to discover the fate of her husband Henry Clarke, who was reported missing in action during World War II in 1944. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross, Quicksilver)