Cobwebs (audio story)

Cobwebs was a Big Finish Productions audio adventure that began the 2010 Fifth Doctor season. It was the first of three such stories that year. It was notable for being the first new story recorded by stars Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson since 1983's Terminus, discounting flashback sequences in The Caves of Androzani.

Publisher's summary
You know what cobwebs mean. Spiders…”

In search of a cure for a sickness that’s so far claimed six billion lives, scientist Nyssa arrives at an abandoned gene-tech facility on the toxic planet Helheim. ‘Hellhole’, more like.

Nyssa’s not alone. The TARDIS has also been drawn to the Helheim base – and in its cobweb-coated corridors, she soon runs into the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, her travelling companions of half a century past. But who, or what, has engineered this strange reunion? The Black Guardian, perhaps?

The answer’s here, in the dark. With the Cractids. In the cobwebs.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Tegan - Janet Fielding
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Turlough - Mark Strickson
 * Director Cardell/Ship's Computer - Helen Griffin
 * Loki/Edgar/Hawks - Raymond Coulthard
 * Enforcement Officer Bragg - Adrian Lukis
 * Bio Technician Valis/Echelon - Charlotte Lucas

Story notes

 * This is the first audio drama released in the main range to be feature Turlough since BFA: Singularity in November 2005.
 * This audio drama was recorded on 29 December 2009 and 4 January 2010.

Continuity

 * Chronologically, this story is two days after events in DW: Enlightenment for the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough and fifty years after DW: Terminus for Nyssa.
 * Nyssa mentions encountering Daleks in Stockbridge. (BFA: Plague of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor and Tegan argue over Turlough's loyalty. Tegan makes numerous references to his alliance with the Black Guardian. (DW: Enlightenment)
 * Nyssa is aware of the circumstances of the Doctor's next regeneration. (BFA: Winter)

For the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough

 * Cobwebs occurs after CC: Freakshow
 * Cobwebs occurs before BFA: The Whispering Forest

For Nyssa

 * Cobwebs occurs after BFA: Winter
 * Cobwebs occurs before BFA: The Whispering Forest