The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)

Publisher's summary
The Pinehill Crest Hotel in Kent is host to three very different events: a cross-stitch convention, an experiment in time travel and... the summoning of the Scourge.

The Doctor, Bernice and Ace find themselves dealing with a dead body that has come back to life, a mystical symbol that possesses its host, and a threat from another universe that is ready for every trick the Doctor's got up his sleeve.

This time, has the Doctor gone too far?

Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Annie Carpenter - Holly King
 * Mary Hughes - Caroline Burns-Cook
 * Brian Hughes - Lennox Greaves
 * Michael Pembroke - Michael Piccarilli
 * Gary Williams - Nigel Fairs
 * Scourge Leader - Peter Trapani

Foods and beverages

 * The Doctor muses to himself "why does tea made in a hotel room taste worse than tea made in any other situation?".

Objects

 * Ace uses a tool from the Spacefleet that she used to use to pry the casings off of Daleks to open the lift doors.

Races and species

 * The Scourge require surrender papers to invade Earth.
 * The Scourges' voices inspire religious awe in humans, allowing them to command whomever they wish.
 * Benny mentions two turtles, Squidgy and Speckley, that she kept when she had run away from the Spacefleet Academy.

The Doctor

 * While inside his mind, Bernice mentions seeing the Doctor's previous regenerations, and what will become the his eighth incarnation.
 * The Doctor discovered the Scourge whilst dreaming on the astral plane.

Continuity

 * Ace is pictured wearing her Spacefleet combat outfit placing this after NA: Deceit.
 * Bernice mentions that Ace has been within the Doctor's mind in NA: Timewyrm: Revelation.
 * Bernice meets the Doctor's eighth incarnation in NA: The Dying Days.

Timeline

 * The Shadow of the Scourge occurs after VD: Question Mark Pyjamas
 * The Shadow of the Scourge occurs before ST: Virgin Lands