Annihilation (audio story)

Annihilation was the third story of the fourth series of Big Finish's Gallifrey audio series. It was written by Gary Russell and Scott Handcock.

Publisher's summary
Gallifrey dies...

Romana and her comrades find themselves in the dank and grubby wastelands of northern Gallifrey, trapped between two forces in a long and ancient war.

One side bides their time within their nests, whilst the other draws up troops across the trenches. Both sides have their secrets, their means to win the war – and both want Romana fighting alongside them…

After millennia of warfare, the final assault approaches. The Ancient Enemy and the True Lords want this world. And before this night is out, there will be bloodshed.

Plot
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Gallifrey

 * Romana II - Lalla Ward
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * K9 Mark II - John Leeson
 * Narvin - Sean Carlsen

Alternative Gallifrey

 * Magistrix Borusa - Katy Manning
 * Captain Cloris - Alan Ruscoe
 * Torvald - Andy Coleman
 * Hollis - Gary Russell
 * Lord Prydon - Geoffrey Beevers
 * Prime Enforcer Arcalia - Alexander Vlahos
 * Cassandra - Charlie Hayes

Individuals

 * Leela regains her sight after drinking vampire blood.
 * Narvin is critically injured, and is forced to admit to Leela and Romana that he can no longer regenerate.

Gallifrey

 * Information concerns alternative Gallifrey.


 * The True Lords are those under Magistrix Borusa's command and are not vampires.
 * The True Lords create "hounds" by having their people drink measured amounts of vampire blood.
 * Transduction barriers controlled by the vampires prevent sunlight from touching Gallifrey.
 * Lord Prydon mentions the Houses of Heartshaven and Lungbarrow.
 * The founders of the True Lord Society are Omega, Theta and Zagreus.
 * When predicting the future, Cassandra quotes the Gallifreyan nursery rhyme, which in the N-Space refers to Zagreus, instead in this Gallifrey the first lines are "Lord Prydon sits inside your head, Lord Prydon lives among the dead..."

Continuity

 * Leela regains her eyesight, which she lost in AUDIO: Fractures.
 * Romana is unimpressed by the vampires, having previously encountered the Great Vampire. (TV: State of Decay)
 * Braxiatel was lost to the group in AUDIO: Disassembled.