Leviathan (audio story)

Leviathan is a audio story that was originally written by Brian Finch to be included in the televised Season 23. When the original season plans were replaced by The Trial of a Time Lord, this serial was dropped. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.

Publisher's summary
No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...

When the TARDIS materializes near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn? The answers lie within a cave...

Cast

 * The Doctor – Colin Baker
 * Peri – Nicola Bryant
 * Gurth - Howard Gossington
 * Herne - John Banks
 * Althya - Beth Chalmers
 * Wulfric- Jamie Parker
 * Siward - Derek Carlyle

Continuity

 * The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw previously encountered the Sentinels of the New Dawn in 2014. (BFA: The Sentinels of the New Dawn)

Timeline

 * The story takes place immediately after BFA: Mission to Magnus
 * The story takes place before BFA: The Hollows of Time