Abbey of Heretics (audio story)

 was the second story of the audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Seven. It was written by Lizbeth Myles and featured Alex Kingston as River Song.

Publisher's summary
Outside the walls of a remote 12th Century Abbey, England is at war.

Inside, a strange sickness runs rife, and there are rumours of a devil in the woods. Death stalks the novices. When Sister Melody arrives in search of a book, she may be their only salvation.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Sister Patrick - Aurora Burghart
 * Sister Ursula - Jaye Griffiths
 * Sister Magdalene - Janet Henfrey
 * Thomas Aspley / System - Paul Heath

Worldbuilding

 * River claims to be from Shaftesbury Abbey.
 * River finds many "lost" books in the abbey library, including Agrippina's Misfortunes, Memoirs of Sulla, and Emperor Claudius' Guide to Gambling, and the Book of Stars.
 * Thomas Aspley was the son of Lord Godfred Aspley.
 * Lord Aspley fought for Empress Maude but his lands were taken by another claimant to the throne of England, Stephen.
 * Empress Maude was the heir to King Henry.

Continuity

 * River will later disguise herself as a nun. (AUDIO: The Eighth Piece, The Doomsday Chronometer, The Crucible of Souls)