Leviathan (audio story)

Leviathan is an audio story which was originally written by Brian Finch to be included in the televised Season 22. This serial was dropped due to budgeting concerns after the final script was written. The TV script was adapted for audio by Paul Finch, Brian Finch's son.

Publisher's summary
No one lives to old age in the village. When their Time is come, they are taken and never seen again. That is The Way. And, should anyone try to break with the established order of things, then the fury of Herne the Hunter is unleashed...

When the TARDIS materialises near a castle in this mediaeval society, the Doctor and Peri befriend Gurth, a terrified youth who is attempting to flee his fate. And Herne is closing in...

Why does the local baron impose the culling? What is the secret of Zeron? And who are the Sentinels of the New Dawn?

The answers lie within a cave...

Part one
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Part two
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor – Colin Baker
 * Peri – Nicola Bryant
 * Gurth/Thurstan/Soltan - Howard Gossington
 * Herne//Baron/Osbert/Chandris - John Banks
 * Althya/Maude/Eada/Zeron - Beth Chalmers
 * Wulfric/Edgar- Jamie Parker
 * Siward//Master-Serjant/Gregorian - Derek Carlyle

Continuity

 * The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw previously encountered the Sentinels of the New Dawn in 2014. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn) The Doctor reveals the Sentinels were driven off Earth in the 22nd century.
 * Faster-than-light travel was invented in the mid-22nd century, making the Leviathans obsolete before they could be used.
 * Peri brings up her torture in TV: Vengeance on Varos.