The Murder of Oliver Akkron (audio story)

The Murder of Oliver Akkron was the second story in the audio anthology The Eleven, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nigel Fairs and featured Mark Bonnar as the Eleven and Lucy Gaskell as Miskavel.

Publisher's summary
The Global President of Molaruss has been assassinated. The authorities believe they have the killer in custody - but which of his personalities did the deed? The truth will emerge in the recollections of a madman - but there is more than one side to every story...

Plot
On Molaruss, the Eight, in control of the Eleven, is invited to the Akkers' Mast to meet Oliver Akkron after writing a book. Over the course of their conversation, the Eight reveals that he knows that Akkron has murdered his way to power and staged an alien infestation using tiny parasitic worms to remove his opponents and ensure that he wins the upcoming election. Akkron prepares to kill the Eight but succumbs to the worm that Miska, disguised as a secretary, put into his drink.

The Eight is ready to become President of Molaruss and tells the authorities that he found Akkron dead, but he is accused of the murder and arrested. Dr Amiella Sheppon performs surgery on the Eleven to find out which of his incarnations committed the murder and learns that it was the Eight. Her assistant, Canning, reveals that she is a time-travelling Miska and kills the surgical team before transferring the Eleven and his different personalities from the clone they are in into his original body, planning to claim that it was a clone of the Eleven that killed Akkron and to cure the planet of the infestation.

Cast

 * The Eleven - Mark Bonnar
 * Miskavel - Lucy Gaskell
 * Oliver Akkron - Simon Slater
 * Dr Amiella Sheppon - Anjella Mackintosh

Uncredited

 * Miss Daxel - Eva Savage

Worldbuilding

 * Akkron died on the fourth cycle of Palliotrox.
 * Akkron metaphorically mentions putting the Felis among the Columbidae.
 * Psychnet gatherers are reporters.
 * The Eleven has a moth-eaten briefcase which he says contains a comb, a pen or two and a shirt and tie.
 * Akkron runs the Akkron Foundation.
 * The Eleven mentions Caesar.
 * The Eleven once visited the South Plain Province. Akkron has only been once.
 * The Eleven and Miska crash-landed in the Ferric Ocean.
 * Andoc Brace came from humble beginnings in the South Plain and became a junior minister in the World Government. He became the Minister of Extraterrestrial Affairs and keeps "blabbing on" about the Eleven to Akkron.
 * According to the Molarussian religion, Arak was an Ancient who came down from Heaven and cut the first Molarussian in two at the command of Kurrer the Creator, explaining why the Molarussians are Duominds.
 * The Galapicorus are Duominds. They lay eggs.
 * Akkron has a glass which was blessed by a high priest on the day that his headquarters were opened.
 * Akkron has a house on Mount Gramlon.
 * Akkron was homed at the Centre for Scientific Research after being misdiagnosed during his duo-development.
 * Akkron's father taught him to stand up for what he believed in. That philosophy got him killed. Akkron's mother was whiny.
 * The One came from a non-ranking family and had little to do with his parents.
 * Caldo is Akkron's Geminus.
 * The Akkron Foundation's headquarters is also known as the Akkers' Mast.

Continuity

 * The Eight, while in control of the Eleven's body, refers to himself as Father Octavian. He did this previously when he encountered the Eighth Doctor, River Song and Helen Sinclair, three regenerations prior. (AUDIO: The Eighth Piece, The Doomsday Chronometer)
 * Many references are made to the incident that caused the shutdown of Duotech's facility in the southern sector of Molaruss. (AUDIO: One For All)