The Whispering Forest (audio story)

The Whispering Forest was the second Big Finish audio adventure in the 2010 Fifth Doctor season. It continued a series of stories starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson, who were reunited as a TARDIS team for their first new Doctor Who stories since 1983.

Publisher's summary
The TARDIS arrives in alien woodlands, where a small group of humans hold tight against the the menace of the Takers – strange creatures who come by night to spirit away members of their settlement.

But if there’s one thing that the inhabitants of Purity Bay fear more than the Takers, it’s the dirt and disease spread by strangers. Strangers like the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa…

The fanatical Sister Mertil and her hygiene-obsessed acolytes are victims of a terrible corruption – but not in the way they think. Only the whispering forest knows the truth…

Cast

 * Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Tegan - Janet Fielding
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Turlough - Mark Strickson
 * Seksa - Hayley Atwell
 * Mertil/Woman - Sue Wallace
 * Jestan/Man/Taker - Paul Shelley
 * Hervey/Taker/Demi-Taker - Harry Melling
 * Anulf/Taker - Lennox Greaves


 * Antan/Taker - Aneurin Barnard

Production crew

 * Writer - Stephen Cole
 * Director - Barnaby Edwards
 * Producer - TBC
 * Sound design - Richard Fox and Lauren Yason
 * Cover art - Iain Robertson
 * Music - Richard Fox and Lauren Yason

Story notes

 * This story was recorded on 30th December 2009.

Continuity
The universal symbol of a hospital (a Green Cresent Moon)first seen in New Earth (TV story) is mentioned in this story.

Timeline

 * The Whispering Forest occurs after BFA: Cobwebs
 * The Whispering Forest occurs before BFA: The Cradle of the Snake