The Slaying of the Writhing Mass was the third story in the audio anthology Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Eddie Robson and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard.
Publisher's summary[]
The Doctor and Charley become trapped in a temporal traffic jam, caused by time tourists come to witness the pivotal event in the history of the planet Ileiko: the Slaying of the Writhing Mass, the alien entity that enslaved the Ileikans in their infancy.
The legendary hero Salan killed the Mass with a single stone, setting the Ileikans free. But what was the Mass, exactly? And what if the legend was wrong?
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charlotte Pollard - India Fisher
- Laorie - Yasmin Mwanza
- Constella - Shiloh Coke
- Alicantis - Rhoda Ofori-Attah
- Onaldus - John Banks
- Kelyan - Mark Elstob
Worldbuilding[]
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Notes[]
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Continuity[]
- The Doctor mentions the Vormatoda (AUDIO: The Lifeboat and the Deathboat [+]Eddie Robson, The Diary of River Song: Series Five (The Diary of River Song, Big Finish Productions, 2019).) and the Vortexians. (COMIC: Land of the Blind [+]Scott Gray, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics UK, 1995).)
- The Doctor notes Ileiko is further in the future than the Time Lords like to go. (TV: Frontios [+]Christopher H. Bidmead, Doctor Who season 21 (BBC1, 1984).)
- The Doctor mentions Guy. (AUDIO: The Mummy Speaks! [+]Alan Barnes, Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress (Big Finish Productions, 2022).)
- Charley complains about the Doctor seemingly replacing her again. (AUDIO: The Mummy Speaks! [+]Alan Barnes, Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress (Big Finish Productions, 2022).)
- The Doctor compares the ship steering like a Zarbi with two broken legs. (TV: The Web Planet [+]Bill Strutton, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).)
External links[]
- Official The Slaying of the Writhing Mass page at bigfinish.com