Narcissus (audio story)

 was the fourth and final audio story in the anthology The Eighth of March. It was written by Sarah Grochala and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, James Joyce as Josh Carter and Tracy Wiles as Jacqui McGee.

Publisher's summary
When one of their own goes missing, Kate Stewart and the two Osgoods decide to investigate.

Narcissus is interested only in the most beautiful people, but as the UNIT operatives are about to discover, its true purpose is something far from desirable.

Plot
After an enjoyable dinner, Josh kisses his date and, when she transforms into an alien, he flees into the sewers and tries to call Osgood. She is unavailable, however, and the alien captures him.

Kate tries to get Osgood and her double to stop arguing and sends the double to work from home. Double Osgood receives Josh's voicemail on the journey home and returns to UNIT HQ to show Kate and Osgood, who agree that it sounds like a device is being charged. Whilst one goes to try to identify the device, the other goes to Josh's flat and Kate contacts Jacqui about a spate of disappearances which she now believes could be connected.

The Osgood at Josh's flat finds his laptop and takes it back to HQ where the two of them find that he has been using the Narcissus dating service. They see that he had been in contact with Stargazer, a male user looking for a long lunch, and, after seeing that Jacqui also uses the site, Double Osgood takes Jacqui's form to meet him. Double Osgood meets Stargazer, actually called Jordan, and goes to his hotel room after dinner. He transforms into an alien and knocks her out. Jacqui, having realised that her account had been hacked and feigned memory loss to get the key, enters the room and is shocked to find her double unconscious on the floor.

Jacqui complains to Kate about her identity being stolen, although she is unaware of who it was that copied her form due to her not having clearance to know about Operation Double. Kate admonishes the two Osgoods for their recklessness and asks Double Osgood, who is badly hurt and in receipt of medical care, for a description of the creature; she tells her that it looked like a fiery bird. Kate calls Narcissus and is put in contact with Jordan Love, who insists on dealing with the matter of Stargazer's identity internally and, after the phone call, declines to answer a call from Jacqui asking for an interview.

to be completed

Cast

 * Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
 * Osgood / Double Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
 * Josh Carter - James Joyce
 * Jacqui McGee / Double Jacqui McGee - Tracy Wiles
 * Female-Jordan Love - Alix Dunmore
 * Male-Jordan Love - Dan Blaskey

Continuity

 * Josh tells Jordan how he and Shindi survived an exploding tank. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction)
 * UNIT have already lost one Osgood. (TV: Death in Heaven)
 * Kate and Osgood use Project Indigo. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
 * Jacqui mentions the Silence. (AUDIO: House of Silents, Square One, In Memory Alone)
 * Osgood finds Shansheeth in the UNIT records. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
 * Osgood mentions the last time she hacked Josh's laptop. (AUDIO: Silent Majority)