The Song of Megaptera (audio story)

The Song of the Megaptera is the seventh Lost Story of Season 23 to be developed into an audio play. It stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown. It is based on a story pitched in the 1980s titled The Song of the Space Whale.

Publisher's summary
Deep space in the distant future, and Captain Greeg and his crew are hunting mile-long Space Whales on a vast harvesting ship. By pure accident, they also capture the TARDIS.

The Doctor and Peri must use all their wits to survive. But what is the creature running loose in the ship's bowels? And can the Doctor save Megaptera before its song is extinguished forever?

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
 * Captain Greeg - John Benfield
 * Manus / Stennar - Neville Watchurst
 * The Caller/ Ship's Computer - John Banks
 * Chief Engineer / Chanel - Susan Brown
 * Stafel / 1st Security Guard - Toby Longworth
 * Axel / 2nd Security Guard - Alex Lowe

Continuity

 * In her delirium, Peri accuses the Doctor of being an imposter. The Doctor reminds her that he has regenerated since they first met. (TV: Planet of Fire, The Caves of Androzani)
 * Peri mentions Daleks. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
 * A space whale would appear later in TV: The Beast Below.
 * The Doctor claims that the TARDIS wanted to leave Gallifrey as much as he did. The TARDIS herself will later confirm this in TV: The Doctor's Wife.