The End (11DC audio story)

The End was the third and final story in the audio anthology Geronimo!, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Rochana Patel and featured Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor and Safiyya Ingar as Valarie Lockwood.

Publisher's summary
Valarie/The Doctor is dying. Only the Doctor/Valarie can save Valarie/the Doctor, but for her/him to survive, the Doctor/Valarie will have to die in her/his place.

For the Doctor/Valarie, this is journey's end.

Plot
Valarie hurries the Doctor, who is going into cardiac arrest, onto a medibed where Luna tries to help him. However, the computer declares that he has died. / The Doctor hurries Valarie, who is going into cardiac arrest, onto a medibed where he and Luna try to help him. However, the computer declares that she has died.

Luna tells Valarie to ignore the computer and uses a medibot to take over the functions of the Doctor's secondary heart, reviving him. He is still being attacked by a toxin, however, and Luna informs Captain Vega of the presence of the two travellers on the ship. / Luna uses a medibot to take over the functions of Valarie's heart, reviving her but requiring her to remain sedated. She is still being attacked by a toxin, however, and an alarm sounds due to the two travellers being on the ship.

Captain Vega and Delphine arrive at the medbay and are shown the two red marks on the back of the Doctor's neck, looking like a bite from a parasite. Valarie takes Delphine to the TARDIS in the cow pens whilst the Doctor remains with Luna and Captain Vega. / Captain Vega arrives at the medbay and is shown the bite mark on the back of Valarie's neck. The Doctor intends to go to the cow pens to find the parasite responsible, but Captain Vega stands in the way and receives a call from Delphine, who is in the engine room with a creature which bites and immobilises her. The Doctor and Captain Vega head to the pens.

Valarie and Delphine examine the cows, which are bound for the newly-independent Earth, bought by the Shadow Proclamation for basically nothing after the previous owner deemed it a bad investment. The Doctor joins them, followed by the protesting Luna, and detects something in the engine room with his sonic screwdriver. / The Doctor and Captain Vega find Delphine in the engine room with a bite smaller than that on Valarie, indicating that there are at least two creatures on board. They hear skittering in the pipes above them and the Doctor uses his screwdriver to lock the door, trapping the creature inside with them.

to be completed

Cast

 * The Doctor - Jacob Dudman
 * Valarie Lockwood - Safiyya Ingar
 * Vega - Paul Panting
 * Delphine / Computer - Jo Castleton
 * Luna - Pepter Lunkuse

Continuity

 * The Doctor says that he needs better kidneys. Upon regenerating into the Twelfth Doctor, he remarks upon his new kidneys. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
 * The Doctor suggests Totter's Lane 1963 as where he first ran into trouble. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * The Doctor has seen the destruction of the TARDIS destroy the universe. (TV: The Big Bang)