Winter for the Adept (audio story)



 was the tenth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. Written by Andrew Cartmel, this was his first, and thus far only, story that he has written to feature the Fifth Doctor. This audio features the second appearance of Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton together in an audio story, the first being The Land of the Dead. This is India Fisher's first role with Big Finish. She went on to portray Charlotte Pollard in a number of Big Finish's audio stories. This story also features Peter Jurasik as Peter Sandoz; Jurasik is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5.

Publisher's summary
When a teleportation experiment goes badly wrong, Nyssa finds herself stranded on the freezing slopes of the Swiss Alps in 1963. But is it mere coincidence that she finds shelter in a snowbound school, haunted by a malevolent poltergeist?

When the Doctor arrives, Nyssa and the other inhabitants of the school soon discover that the ghost is merely part of a darker, deeper and more deadly game involving rogue psi talents and something else... Something not of this Earth.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Alison Speer - Liz Sutherland
 * Miss Tremayne - Sally Faulkner
 * Mlle. Maupassant - Hannah Dickinson
 * Peril Bellamy - India Fisher
 * Lt Peter Sandoz - Peter Jurasik
 * Harding Wellman - Christopher Webber
 * Commodore - Andy Coleman
 * Empress - Nicky Goldie

Psychic powers

 * Alison is telepathic.
 * Peril is telekinetic.

Foods and beverages

 * The Doctor brews tea that contains a mild sedative.
 * The Doctor eats a ham sandwich.
 * Nyssa is offered cognac, but refuses.

Species

 * Nyssa mentions the Permians and the Xeraphin.
 * The Spillagers are from another dimension.

Theories and concepts

 * Harding Wellman is a dead person whose spiritual remains were animated by energy, manifesting similar to a ghost.

Continuity

 * Nyssa mentions her recent visit to Alaska (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead) and the Xeraphin (TV: Time-Flight).