The Ultimate Evil (audio story)

 was the second and final story in the fifth series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Wally K Daly, from his original script, and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

This story was originally intended to be the second story of the original Season 23, but was cancelled along with other planned stories when Doctor Who went on a production hiatus.

Publisher's summary
With the TARDIS working perfectly, the Doctor and Peri decide to take a holiday. But where? A long-forgotten piece of equipment in the TARDIS storage locker sends them to the peaceful and idyllic continent of Tranquela - home of the Doctor’s old friend Ravlos.

But the land where they emerge is far from peaceful. A hate ray is regularly sweeping Tranquela, turning its inhabitants into savage beasts, and there is only one place it can originate - the planet's other continent, home of Tranquela's old enemies, the Amelierans.

Or is that the only place? Because somewhere far above the planet events are watched by the slimy super-salesman, Mordant, who has his own unscrupulous plans.

Part one
The Doctor is aggrieved to find that the TARDIS is functioning perfectly as it means that he does not know what to do without having to make repairs, leading Peri to suggest a holiday. Initially resistant, he retrieves from the stowage locker a customised Salakan holiday ball gifted to him by Mordant in an unsuccessful attempt to bribe him into helping with his experiments and uses it to find the perfect holiday destination: the continent of Tranquela on Amaltron, homeland of the Doctor's scientist friend Ravlos. Mordant, having a connection to the holiday ball, is irritated by the Doctor's imminent arrival on Tranquela as he has been targeting the continent with a hate ray for some time and does not want him interfering.

Mordant activates the hate ray when the Doctor and Peri arrive on a beach and the surrounding Tranquelans attack them. In the attack, the Doctor manages to get back into the TARDIS and loses his memory of Peri thanks to Mordant using the holiday ball. He dematerialises the TARDIS but remembers that he intended to visit Ravlos and heads to Ravlos's laboratory whilst Peri learns from the now-docile Locas about the hate wave, which caused him to kill his girlfriend, Mariana, and which usually happens at set times. He was forgiven by the Court, although Escoval voted in favour of his death and is encouraging the belief that the Amelierans of the second continent, Ameliera, are responsible. Secretly, Escoval is in league with Mordant.

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Part two
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Peri / Mariana - Nicola Bryant
 * Mordant - Robin Sebastian
 * Abatan - Kim Durham
 * Escoval - Guy Burgess
 * Locas - Jack Forsyth-Noble
 * Ravlos - Paul Panting
 * Koreelya - Issy Van Randwyck
 * Shankel / Leader - Jack Myers
 * The Bird - Wally K Daly

Crew

 * Cover Art - Ryan Aplin
 * Director - Helen Goldwyn
 * Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
 * Music and Sound Design - Nigel Fairs
 * Producer - David Richardson
 * Script Editor - John Dorney
 * Writer - Wally K Daly

Worldbuilding

 * Peri brings the Doctor coffee.
 * The holiday ball was made on Salakan.
 * A sucksos is a cross between a scone and a chocolate biscuit.
 * Thought balloons can be used for teleportation.

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Peri have just been on holiday. (AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair)