Outback (audio story)

 was the second story in the audio anthology Lady Christina: Series Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Sarah Grochala and featured Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza, Warren Brown as Sam Bishop and Tracy Wiles as Jacqui McGee.

Publisher's summary
In need of respite, Christina seeks out her Great Aunt Eugenia, and finds herself looking for answers in the Australian outback. Has her aunt really been abducted by aliens? What secrets lie within the Jajutuma crater? And why are Sam Bishop and Jacqui McGee of UNIT on Christina's trail?

Plot
After a friend has a stroke, Lady Eugenia de Souza flies him to hospital and, on the way back home to Scarab Station, claims to see a UFO over the Jajutama crater. Christina arrives at Eugenia's house in the 200 and meets her partner, John Flint, who tells her that Eugenia was abducted by aliens. She heads into town to get internet access with the aim of getting permission to visit the crater, promising John that she will hurt him if he had anything to do with Eugenia's disappearance.

Sam and Jacqui follow the energy signature of the 200, seeking to capture Lord Alfred de Souza because of his possible infection. Whilst Sam travels to the Jajutama crater and is stopped for not having a permit, Jacqui checks into a hotel. Christina arrives at a café and hides when Jacqui comes looking for her, barking from behind a closed door to make her think that she was a dog. Maisie Flint takes Christina to the crater, being its guardian and John's granddaughter. Christina detects extraterrestrial activity everywhere.

Sam regroups with Jacqui and, as they wait for Kate Stewart to arrange for a permit, they go to Eugenia's and find the 200. They are found by John, but he hurries off when his quokkas squeak and they search the house, finding a secret trap door and a room full of treasures. They head off when Sam detects unusual activity at the crater.

Christina and Maisie find that a company is mining at the crater and that they are armed with machine guns. They abseil into the crater, which a giant caterpillar emerges from before attacking everybody, forcing Sam and Jacqui to parachute out of their helicopter. Christina attacks it with a flamethrower, but Eugenia stops her and shows that she is friendly with the creature, getting it to return to the crater. She reveals that she remains the legal owner of the land and that she faked her abduction in order to get some privacy. Outraged, John points his rifle at her, but she has him taken away.

to be completed

Cast

 * Lady Christina de Souza - Michelle Ryan
 * Jacqui McGee - Tracy Wiles
 * Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
 * Lady Eugenia de Souza - Siân Phillips
 * John Flint - James Smillie
 * Maisie Flint - Sarah Blackstone

Continuity
to be added