The Iron Shore (audio story)

The Iron Shore was the third and final story in the audio anthology The Return of Jo Jones. It was written by Lizzie Hopley and featured Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Jones.

Publisher's summary
Landing on the troubled, sea-faring planet Mercator, the Doctor and Jo encounter Callis, a 'cursed man', the last surviving member of his family line - and the curse is keen to find new victims.

Nearby, a condemned wet dock, a deep rectangle of unmoving water, is the source of mystifying rumours. As Jo lifts the lid on the tensions within the local community, the Doctor finds himself in deep trouble.

Part one
Almost immediately after the Doctor and Jo land on the iron shores of Mercator, a number of girders collapse onto the TARDIS. Jo goes to a pub with dock warden Callis, who seems to be terrified of everybody, and learns from Merileen that the majority of his family died in unexplained circumstances over the course of two years. After hearing stories about Callis and a ghost in the wet dock from Tamber, the Doctor joins Jo and sets up a monitoring station to build a map of the dock.

The Doctor discovers that there is a shipping crate in the dock which Tamber agrees to have winched to the surface, believing it to have been dropped by the now-scrapped Granicus, which was transporting skins when the entire crew was wiped out. Jo looks for the Granicus's records to find out what was on board and is told by Callis that they have disappeared. He believes that everybody aboard died because of a curse which has since passed to him, killing his family and friends. When the crate is lifted, it is found to be empty aside from an energy residue.

Jo goes to speak with the native Iron Pickers and is approached by Merileen, who confirms that she is one of them. Merileen tells her about how they were enslaved by the Mercateers led by an ancestor of Callis, whom her people cursed and sent the creature Solomun after him. She goes to the dock and sees Solomun, who communicates with her telepathically and shows her his journey, repeating his name as she begs him to let go of her mind.

Part two
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Tim Treloar
 * Jo Jones - Katy Manning
 * Callis - Tom Alexander
 * Merileen - Paksie Vernon
 * Tamber / Solomun - Sam Clemens

Continuity
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