The Cold Equations (audio story)

The Cold Equations was the forty-fourth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the twelfth story of season 5. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured Steven Taylor and Oliver Harper.

Publisher's summary
In the remnant of a shattered satellite, far above the ruined planet Earth, Steven Taylor and Oliver Harper are dying. As time runs out, they face their pasts... and a secret long kept is revealed.

The borrowed time is elapsing, and they realise they are facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. The cold, hard facts of science.

The Impassable Sky (1)
to be added

The Cold Equations (2)
to be added

Cast

 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
 * Oliver Harper - Tom Allen

Continuity

 * Oliver Harper reveals to Steven was on the run from the law for engaging in homosexual practices. (AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond). Steven tells him that there is no stigma attached to it in the time he comes from.