Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)

 was the second story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Scott Handcock and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.

Publisher's summary
When a distress call rips the TARDIS from the Vortex, dragging it back through time, it arrives in the midst of a conflict between Gallifrey and an ancient foe.

The Doctor, as ever, wants to help, but in returning a wounded combatant home, he becomes further and further entangled in a web of deceit and recrimination. A web spun by an eight-legged Empress and her minions...

The Empire of the Racnoss is at war, and wherever he stands, the Doctor is on the wrong side.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Racnoss Empress - Adjoa Andoh
 * Old Racnoss Emperor / Herrax - Nigel Planer
 * Racnoss Consort - Andrew French
 * Alayna - Lisa Kay

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor quips that the Racnoss Consort must have eaten a lot of flies to reach his size.
 * The Doctor boasts that his TARDIS beats an escape pod any day of the week, "except perhaps Pancake Tuesdays."
 * The Doctor compares the bickering of the Racnoss Empress and Alayna to having two Tegans in the TARDIS at the same time.
 * The Doctor describes the Racnoss Wars as "a long and bloody affair".

Continuity

 * The Empress of the Racnoss refers to the Webstar. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * The Old Racnoss Emperor refers to Huon energy. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * The Racnoss were almost wiped out by the Fledgling Empires, including Gallifrey, during the Dark Times. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * The Doctor makes use of the fast return switch. (TV: The Edge of Destruction, et. al)
 * The Doctor would encounter an Empress of the Racnoss again in London on 24 December 2007 during his tenth incarnation. (TV: The Runaway Bride)