The Way of the Empty Hand (audio story)

 was the ninth story of the fifth season of Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. It was read by Frazer Hines.

Publisher's summary
The war world of Combatia. A great mechanised planet that traverses the universe, overseen by its benevolent and infallible overlord, plucking up the finest warriors of every world it passes and pitting them against each other to determine which of them is greatest. Their consent is irrelevant - all that matters is the battle. The greatest warrior must be found. Will it be Bloodbane, King of Carnage? Jamie McCrimmon? Gichin Funakoshi? Or the strange little man who calls himself the Doctor?

Characters

 * Second Doctor
 * Jamie McCrimmon
 * Zoe Heriot
 * Bloodbane
 * Gichin Funakoshi
 * Markhan
 * Kell
 * Custodian
 * Overlord Corpulus the Magnificent
 * Cyborg
 * Horse

Continuity

 * The Doctor says his Venusian aikido skills are "rusty" and that he should take it up again. He practiced it throughout his third incarnation. (AUDIO: Voyage to Venus, TV: Inferno)
 * Jamie uses the phrase "Creag an tuire!" (TV: The War Games)
 * The Doctor calms the beasts by playing his recorder. (TV: The Power of the Daleks et al.)