Silent Majority (audio story)

Silent Majority was the third story in the audio anthology, Silenced, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood, James Joyce as Josh Carter and Warren Brown as Sam Bishop.

Publisher's summary
Kenneth LeBlanc looks set to lead his party to national victory, overturning political opinion and taking the polls by storm. UNIT can only stand and watch as a silent revolution takes place.

But who are LeBlanc's real backers? And what use to them is the triumph of a leader who seems to be nothing more than a liability?

The Silents are about to make the headlines.

Plot
A month after the Prime Minister's resignation, Kate and Osgood hold yet another conference to remind everybody at UNIT about the Silents and how they have been working to rig the election in LeBlanc's favour. Osgood gives everybody 360 degree headbands which will allow them to have a permanent panoramic view, preventing the Silents from leaving their sight and allowing them to see a small image of a Silent when necessary.

Having used a Silent message to get the Prime Minister to call a general election, Josh is trusted by LeBlanc and Cecil, although neither can remember exactly how he proved himself. Osgood visits him at his flat and tells him that he is being brainwashed, but he does not believe her and kicks her out. Before leaving, however, she uses an image of a Silent to allow her to steal his laptop without him remembering. Sam tells Kate about the Silents' message in the footage of the Moon landing, which she assumes was done by the Doctor, and Osgood finds that Josh has requisitioned military hardware.

Osgood and Sam visit Mr Heston at Heston Haulage and use the holographic projector to gain access to his information. They then visit the home of Steve Barnes, who made the delivery, and find evidence that he has been killed by the Silents. His mobile phone indicates that visted Beaconsfield Services off the M40 and Kate deduces that Josh is planning for a coup d'état in the incumbent Prime Minister's constituency.

to be completed

Cast

 * Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
 * Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
 * Lieutenant Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
 * Captain Josh Carter - James Joyce
 * Kenneth LeBlanc / Heston - Nicholas Day
 * Cecil- Tom Alexander
 * News Reporter / David - Aaron Neil
 * The Silence - Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

 * Bishop mentions the Silents being in the Moon landing footage. (TV: Day of the Moon)