State of Emergency (audio story)

State of Emergency was the fourth Big Finish Productions audio drama in the Counter-Measures series.

Publisher's summary
There are creatures from another dimension on the streets, and traitors in the halls of Westminster. When the government is in jeopardy, Rachel, Allison and Gilmore take on a faction staging a very un-British coup...

Cast

 * Group Captain Ian Gilmore - Simon Williams
 * Professor Rachel Jensen - Pamela Salem
 * Dr. Allison Williams - Karen Gledhill
 * Sir Toby Kinsella - Hugh Ross
 * Prime Minister Harold Wilson - Duncan Wisbey
 * General Peters - Shaun Scott
 * Julian St. Stephen - Alastair Mackenzie
 * Marcia Williams - Helen Goldwyn

Story notes

 * Duncan Wisbey (Harold Wilson) previously played Dr. Ormond Sacker in JAL: The Bellova Devil, JAL: The Theatre of Dreams and JAL: The Ruthven Inheritance.
 * This audio drama's storyline was inspired by a which alleges that, in 1968,, the head of the , plotted to overthrow Wilson and install , the great-uncle and mentor of , as the interim Prime Minister. Like the fictional Lord Ballister, Mountbatten was a relative of the British Royal Family who served with distinction during World War II and was held in a high regard by the British public.
 * Although it is not stated in the story itself, the took place on 15 October of that year while Wilson took office as Prime Minister the following day.

Continuity

 * Allison and Julian have not yet set a date for their wedding. (CM: Artificial Intelligence)
 * General Peters refers to the evacuation of Dunkirk in May and June 1940. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus)