Cryptobiosis (audio story)

Cryptobiosis was the third Doctor Who bonus story released by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Elliot Thorpe and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

Publisher's summary
There's a ship out there, on the ocean.

She's called Lankester and every year she sails from Madagascar to New Orleans and back again. Every year. Without exception. Regular as clockwork.

Her schedule is never behind. Her cargo is always fresh.

This trip, she has passengers. The passengers have baggage.

And the baggage might just be enough to sink her...

Plot
The Doctor and Peri are sailing to New Orleans aboard the Lankester in 1901 and express their concern for Amy, a wheelchair-using passenger who has not left her room, but Captain Callany assures them that he was given her medication by Dr Blackwell prior to his death. Crawther is found dead, stabbed several times, and Captain Callany has the Doctor taken to the brig by Chief Mate De Requin on account of him holding the bloody knife found by the body.

to be completed

Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Peri - Nicola Bryant
 * Chief Mate De Requin - Tony Beck
 * Captain Callany - Michael Cuckson
 * Nereus - Billy Miller
 * Amy - Naomi Paxton

Worldbuilding

 * De Requin sends McTighe to check on the cargo.
 * The Doctor tells a story about a meeting he had with Livingstone.
 * The Doctor compares the Lankester to the QE2.
 * The Doctor states that his knowledge of marine biology is lacking.
 * Dr Blackwell is the first crew member to die.
 * Mermen live in the seas of Earth.

Continuity

 * The Doctor claims that the smelling salts "could wake a sleeping Vortisaur". (AUDIO: Storm Warning)