Survivors in Space (audio story)

Survivors in Space
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mrs Wibbsey, Mike Yates
Main enemy:	Second Doctor's clone
Main setting:	Hexford, Rebel Moon
Key crew
Publisher:	AudioGO
Writer:	Paul Magrs
Director:	Kate Thomas
Producer:	Kate Thomas
Sound:	Simon Hunt
Cover by:	Anthony Dry
Release details
Release number:	5
Release date:	8 December 2011
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-4084-6889-0
Serpent Crest
← Previous	The Hexford Invasion

Survivors in Space was the fifth story in the Serpent Crest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

It has been three months since the Hexford catastrophe, and Mike Yates is trying to show strength of leadership to the villagers. But with morale low and supplies running out, it is increasingly difficult to keep his own hopes up. Unless somebody finds them soon, the future looks bleak.

So when the TARDIS materialises on the village green, it seems that help has arrived at last. But with two Doctors apparently at large, there is still the small matter of what was buried under Nest Cottage - not to mention who is clamouring to break through the protective force field. Soon Hexford is under siege once again, and this time an ancient hunger will be sated. Time has run out for the keepers of the Skishtari egg...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• The Doctor - David Troughton
• Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
• Rev. Tonge - Cornelius Garrett
• Deirdre - Nerys Hughes
• Tish - Joanna Tope
• Villagers - Jack Sandle, Jay Villiers
• Lucius - Sam Hoare
• The Tsar - Paddy Wallace

References

to be added

Notes

• This story is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
• The cloned Second Doctor in this story is played by David Troughton, son of the original Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton.
• This story was recorded at Fitzrovia Post.
• This story was later included in The Nest Cottage Chronicles.

Continuity

• Mike Yates states that the bees did not survive the trip into space. However, many bees are aliens. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
• Wibbsey is afraid of the bees, due to her previous encounters with the Hornets. (AUDIO: Hornets' Nest)
• To check the Second Doctor's credibility, the Fourth Doctor checks his Five Hundred Year Diary. He finds no reference to the events of his life. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)
• The Second Doctor referring to "outwitting the Cybermen as they rose from their tombs" (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) sealing away the Daleks (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) and defeating "those crabs too". (TV: The Macra Terror)

External links

• "Past Times Special: Serpent Crest #5 - Survivors in Space" Review on Nebula One (News)