Starlight Robbery (audio story)

Starlight Robbery was the one hundred and seventy-sixth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Tracey Childs as Elizabeth Klein and Christian Edwards as Will Arrowsmith.

Publisher's summary
''Sick of the same-old slaughter-appliances? In need of a killer new killing-machine? Then look no further than Garundel Galactic's secret arms auction. Blasters, tanks, missiles and bombs — no bang too big or micro-laser too small. If you've got the credits, Garundel's got the kill-sticks. (Cash buyers get preferential rates.)''

In search of the key to a sinister alien technology, the Doctor, Klein and Will set their sights on an illicit intergalactic arms fair run by an old acquaintance — the slippery Urodelian crook, Garundel. But what are their chances of pulling off a particularly audacious heist from under the noses of Garundel and his alien clients, the ever-belligerent Sontarans...?

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Dr Elizabeth Klein - Tracey Childs
 * Will Arrowsmith - Christian Edwards
 * Garundel - Stuart Milligan
 * Marshall Stenn / Major Vlaar / Sergeant Gredd / Asallis - Dan Starkey
 * Ziv - Jo Woodcock
 * Krakenmother Banarra - Lizzie Roper

Worldbuilding

 * Bandrils were invited to attend Garundel's auction.
 * Furious Avians is a mobile phone game installed on Klein and Will's phones.
 * The Krellorans, led by Krakenmother Banarra, wiped out the Warlords of Zibratnik.
 * Gadalaxians have blue skin and antennae.
 * Will and Klein, being from the 1990s, are unfamiliar with smart phones.
 * Will mentions Robin Hood.

Continuity

 * The Doctor and his companions arrive at Garundel's auction to steal the Persuasion machine and the preserved body of its creator Kurt Schalk. (AUDIO: Persuasion)
 * The Doctor met Garundel for the first time when he landed in Danes in the time of Beowulf. (AUDIO: Black and White)
 * Garundel asks the Doctor what happened to "the nurse with the funny voice" and "the sisters with guns." (AUDIO: Black and White)
 * The Doctor tells Will not to touch the box marked WOTAN. (TV: The War Machines)
 * Ziv pretends to shoot the Doctor when he steps out of the TARDIS, and he remarks that he should check the scanner before exiting in future. The Doctor would later be fatally shot after stepping out of the TARDIS in San Francisco, leading to his seventh regeneration. (TV: Doctor Who)