Spaceport Fear was the second story in the 2013 trilogy featuring the Sixth Doctor and Melanie "Mel" Bush.
Publisher's summary
Welcome to Tantane Spaceport – where the tribes of Business and Economy have been at war for all of four hundred years...
Welcome to Tantane Spaceport – where a terrible creature called the Wailer prowls the corridors around the Control Tower, looking to eat the unwary...
Welcome to Tantane Spaceport – where there is one Arrival: a battered blue Police Box containing the time-travelling Doctor and his companion, Mel...
Welcome to Tantane Spaceport – where there are no Departures. Ever.
Cast
- Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Elder Bones - Ronald Pickup
- Naysmith - Isabel Fay
- Pretty Swanson - Gwilym Lee
- Galpan / Beauty Swanson - Beth Chalmers
- Rogers / Game Voice - Adrian MacKinder
- Wailers / Anouncement / Mad Passenger - John Banks
References
- Naysmith is an initiate in the Economy tribe, which is led by Elder Bones. Her boyfriend is Pretty Swanson, the son of Beauty Swanson.
- Mel's grandmother placed her television in a cupboard. The Bush family missed the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson as she had lost the key. The Doctor tells her that they eventually divorced.
- According to the Doctor, Tantane Spaceport should be one of the busiest spaceports in the galaxy.
- Naysmith believes that the Doctor made his multi-coloured coat in the dark.
- The Doctor tells Naysmith that he is "in a class all of [his] own." Mel agrees with this assessment.
Notes
- Ronald Pickup (Elder Bones) previously played a French physician in TV: The Reign of Terror and Kestorian in AUDIO: Time Works.
- Gwilym Lee (Pretty Swanson) previously played Rolf Wittenmeier in AUDIO: The Silver Turk and Lord Edgar Forster and Djahn in AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger.
- Although the Doctor is depicted wearing his blue coat on the CD cover, he is described in the story itself as wearing his multi-coloured one.
- This audio drama was recorded on 5 and 6 September 2012.
Continuity
to be added
External links
- Official Spaceport Fear page at bigfinish.com
