The Last Post (audio story)

The Last Post was the fourth release in the seventh series of The Companion Chronicles.

Publisher's summary
People are dying. Just a few, over a period of months... but the strange thing is that each person received a letter predicting the date and time of their death.

Throughout her time as the Doctor’s assistant, Liz Shaw has been documenting these passings.

Her investigation ultimately uncovers a threat that could lead to the end of the world, but this time Liz has someone to help her.

Her mother.

Cast

 * Liz Shaw - Caroline John
 * Dame Emily Shaw - Rowena Cooper

Continuity

 * Liz tells her mother that the Earth is being invaded by "living plastic creatures." Emily laments that there was an exhibition of senior civil servants in Madame Tussauds. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
 * Liz refers to the evacuation of London during the Cyberman invasion in 1975. (TV: The Invasion)
 * While at Wenley Moor nuclear research facility, Liz writes to her mother assuring her that a vaccine has been found the Silurian virus and that Dr. Lawrence and Edward Masters were sent letters predicting the exact dates and times of their deaths. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
 * Emily writes to Liz that she met Sir Charles Grover at one of her committee meetings, who claimed that the Silurian virus was a portent of things to come. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
 * The Brigadier is preparing for the World Peace Conference. (TV: The Mind of Evil)
 * Emily saw Liz on BBC3 over the shoulder of the reporter John Wakefield before the launch of the Recovery 7. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) Professor Bruno Taltalian and Sir James Quinlan were among those who received letters predicting the exact dates and times of their deaths. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)
 * Emily refers to Sir Keith Gold. (TV: Inferno)
 * Liz describes Professor Stahlman as "some damned fool [who] is trying to drill to the centre of the Earth" while Emily describes him as "an old goat." (TV: Inferno)
 * Prior to his death, General Andrews was the governor of Stangmoor Prison. (TV: The Mind of Evil)