Devil in the Mist (audio story)

 was the two hundred and forty-seventh story in Big Finish's Main Range. It was written by Cavan Scott and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough and Jon Culshaw as Kamelion.

Publisher's summary
The TARDIS deposits the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and their android ally Kamelion aboard a prison ship. A ship with just one prisoner: Nustanu, last warlord of the Zamglitti – monstrous, mind-bending mimics able to turn themselves into mist.

A ship that's in trouble, and about to make a crash-landing...

On a planet of mists.

Part one
Boatswain Rako enters the secure unit to check on the prisoner, Nustanu. The ship drops out of hyperspace, forcing Rako to return to Captain Orna whilst the computer deals with the integrity of the shield around Nustanu.

Having lost her purse, Tegan overturns her bedroom looking for it and tells Turlough that she thinks Kamelion has taken it. Turlough stands up for him, however, trusting the Doctor's judgement. The TARDIS shakes and, finding Kamelion under the console, Tegan accuses him of sabotage and tries to take a cable from him, only for the Doctor to tell her that Kamelion was helping him refit the console. She refuses to apologise. The proximity alarm sounds and the TARDIS is hauled aboard the prison ship.

The Doctor exits the TARDIS and apologises to Orna and Rako, who assume that he and his companions are affiliated with Nustanu. The power system falters and Orna sends Rako to the secure unit whilst the Doctor, with a gun pointed at him, attempts to stabilise the power. The system goes down, however, and Nustanu escapes from his cell and vanishes, transforming into living mist before returning to threaten Turlough's life. Orna fires at Nustanu and he disappears once more.

The Doctor restores power and manages to trap Nustanu between two blast doors, but the artificial gravity is lost. The ship is caught in a gravitational field and the group attempt to get to the TARDIS by floating before Kamelion manages to restore the artificial gravity. Due to the emergency, the ship prepares to eject the hull to lighten the load, forcing the group to hurry to the control room.

The group are separated with Tegan, Kamelion and Orna on the wrong side of the ship. They hurry towards the TARDIS as the Doctor, Turlough and Rako attempt to pilot the ship safely to the surface, but their way is blocked and they instead enter an escape pod. As the pod is ejected, Tegan thinks that she hears Nustanu and tells them that she thinks that he is in the pod with them. The Doctor tells Turlough and Rako to brace for impact.

Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
 * Vislor Turlough - Mark Strickson
 * Kamelion - Jon Culshaw
 * Orna - Anjella Mackintosh
 * Rako - John Voce
 * Nustanu - Simon Slater

Continuity

 * The Doctor says he is tempted to give the TARDIS console a complete overhaul (TV: The Five Doctors).
 * The Doctor tells Turlough that Mount Cadon is also known as Mount Lung (PROSE: Lungbarrow) and Mount Plutarch. (PROSE: The Three Paths)
 * Kamelion mentions his previous affiliation with . (TV: The King's Demons)
 * Tegan refers to Turlough once working for the enemy. (TV: Mawdryn Undead, Enlightenment)
 * The Doctor mentions the Master's frustration at all his defeats. (TV: Terror of the Autons et all)
 * Tegan claims she is not afraid of snakes, but doesn't like them. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance, AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake)
 * Turlough mentions that his best friend was a hippo. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)