Etheria (audio story)

 was the ninth story of the fifth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It was read by Peter Purves.

Publisher's summary
Having escaped an ambush by pirates, the Doctor and Vicki are stranded on a strange world, in the shadow of vast rock formations and islands in the sky. The only way home is through the treacherous Etherlands, where the invisible Ether alters the perception of anyone who enters...

Plot
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Characters

 * First Doctor
 * Vicki Pallister
 * Steven Taylor

Worldbuilding

 * The pirates are like spiders praying on victims, ensnaring them in energy nets and trapping them on the planet. They travel in a saucer.
 * The atmosphere of the planet is alive. The atmosphere combined with the sun's radiation is a naturally occurring hallucinogen, a sensory-deprivation system.
 * Plant life on the planet includes razor weed.

Continuity

 * Vicki describes the sudden lurch in perception like skipping a time track. (TV: The Space Museum)