Occam's Razor (audio story)

Occam's Razor is the first audio play in the Kaldor City series, written by Alan Stevens and Jim Smith. It focuses on the arrival of a mysterious figure called Kaston Iago and his insinuation into the confidence of Chairholder Uvanov.

Publisher's summary
"You are dealing with a professional. Probably a hired killer. Resourceful, highly intelligent. A computer specialist."

Kaldor: A city of robots on a world of robots. The Board runs the Company, and the Company runs the planet. Nothing happens in Kaldor City without the Board’s approval. So how come its members are dying?

Company Chairholder Uvanov is faced with an escalating problem: political allies and enemies are being killed and nobody knows who will be next or why. Even Carnell, the ex-Federation psycho-strategist, is at a loss to provide an explanation.

One man may hold the answers-- a man who crossed the border into Kaldor City six hours ago: Kaston Iago, a man with a past and maybe an agenda. A man with the skills to set everything right.

Kaldor City - Occam's Razor uses characters and concepts from Chris Boucher's Doctor Who novel Corpse Marker to tell a dark, aggressive tale of ultraviolence and political intrigue.

Cast
(in order of appearance)
 * Iago - Paul Darrow
 * Voc Receptionist - Alistair Lock
 * Uvanov - Russell Hunter
 * Rull - Trevor Cooper
 * Cotton - Brian Croucher
 * Carnell - Scott Fredericks
 * Voc 31 - Robert Lock
 * Voice 1 - Alan Stevens
 * Pull Buggy Voc - Mark Christian
 * Justina - Patricia Merrick
 * Landerchild - Peter Miles
 * Kyle - David Bickerstaff
 * Voice 2 - Bruce McGilligan
 * Lift - Fiona Moore
 * Computer Voice - Tracy Russell
 * Devlin - Annabel Leventon
 * Security Man - Andy Hopkinson
 * Voc Server - Matt Symonds
 * Strecker - Peter Tuddenham
 * Guard - Robert Edwards

Continuity

 * Iago meets Psychostrategist Carnell, played by Scott Fredericks reprising his role from Blake's 7), and makes it clear that he knows what a psychostrategist is and about the Federation; with Carnell remarking that Iago must be the only other person on the planet with this information. In addition, it is stated that Iago killed the 'The Butcher of Zercaster' a name given in the charity audio 'The Mark of Kane' to Travis, the Blake's 7 villian whom Avon shot dead on screen. The sound effect of Iago's gun blaster is very similar to that used in Blake's 7 series 4, and mention is made of Herculaneum, the substance that comprises the 'Liberator's' hull. Many fans of the series have taken these things - combined with similarities in Darrow's performance - to mean that Kaston Iago is in fact Kerr Avon going for his own reasons under an assumed name. Magic Bullet Productions have neither confirmed nor denied this, and although other characters have been more explicitly linked to either Doctor Who or Blake's 7, Chris Boucher did not create Kerr Avon and so would have no claim to his copyright. AUDIO: Metafiction plays with the listener’s expectation of this idea.
 * Kaldor City is established as having no interstellar trade.
 * A single day on Kaldor City lasts 26-hours.