The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)

Publisher's summary
Two prisoners meet in a prison cell. Zara is searching for the segments of the Key to Time; she was only born yesterday but already she’s killed hundreds of people. Ace is more ambitious: she was going to kill everyone on the planet.

What have they got against the people of Erratoon? They go peaceably about their simple assignments, beneath their artificial sky. They share their meals and leisure time and they never ask questions. Are they even real?

Ace and Zara will only survive if they can trust each other. Or perhaps if they sell each other out... If not their awful punishment is to become just like everyone else.

Cast

 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Zara - Laura Doddington

Continuity

 * Ace mentions meeting "a man made from liquorice." (DW: The Happiness Patrol)
 * Ace mentions having Christmas dinner in Cheldon Bonniface. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
 * Zara is the twin sister of the Fifth Doctor's former companion Amy (later Abby). The Doctor previously encountered her on Mars in the distant past (BFA: The Judgement of Isskar) and on Chaos in the far future (BFA: The Chaos Pool). Both of these events have yet to take place in Zara's personal timeline.

For the Doctor and Ace

 * The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs after BFA: The Dark Flame
 * The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs before ST: Cold War


 * Ace's narration in The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs after WC: Death Comes to Time
 * Ace's narration in The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs before DWM: Ground Zero

For Zara and Zinc

 * The Prisoner's Dilemma occurs before BFA: The Judgement of Isskar