Excelis Rising (audio story)

Excelis Rising was the second story in the Excelis Saga.

Publisher's summary
A thousand years after his first visit to the planet Artaris, the Doctor returns. The city of Excelis has grown, spreading a vast Empire throughout the globe. Science and engineering have provided a new Age of Reason.

But the more things change, the more they stay the same, and once again death follows the mysterious Relic through the halls of the Imperial Museum.

When the Doctor finds himself helping the Curator and the local authorities with this mystery, he finds himself crossing paths with a familiar face from Excelis' history —- but no-one lives for a thousand years, do they?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Reeve Maupassant - Anthony Head
 * The Curator - Charles Kay
 * Minister Pryce - James Lailey
 * Inquisitor Danby - Nicky Goldie
 * Mother Superior - Patricia Leventon
 * Solomon - Rupert Laight
 * Thief - Toby Walton
 * Whispering Voice - David Darlington

Crew

 * Cover Art - Lee Binding
 * Director - Edward Salt
 * Executive Producer - Jacqueline Rayner
 * Music and Sound Designer - David Darlington
 * Producers - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
 * Writer - David A. McIntee

Worldbuilding

 * Lord Grayvorn has been officially declared a myth, though a few know the truth of his existence. It is said that he shall return at the time of Excelis' greatest need.

Continuity

 * The Doctor previously visited Artaris 1,000 years earlier during his fifth incarnation (AUDIO: Excelis) and would later do so again 300 years later during his seventh incarnation. (AUDIO: Excelis Decays)
 * The Doctor comments that interference in other people's business had landed him in trouble lately. (TV: The Ultimate Foe)