Gallifrey: Annihilation
Gallifrey: Annihilation is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series is set on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey.
Plot
Braxiatel is gone. K9 stays at centre of the Axis to take over monitoring the portal. Romana, Leela and Narvin continue their exploration of alternate Gallifreys. But this version of their world exists far in their relative past and is unrecognizable. No Citadel or buildings on the land, no planets or Stars in the sky. On this world, Rassilon lost his epic battle with the Great Vampire. He became a Vampire himself, before he had a chance to lead his people into conquering the Web of Time. So instead of Time Lords, Gallifrey is inhabited by the True Lords, who have spent centuries at war with the Gallifreans who have become Vampires. Both sides can regenerate, but neither can travel through time. Lord Prydon's Vampires are on the brink of defeating Magistrix Borusa's True Lords and Laying sole claim to their coveted Gallifrey.
Romana is mistakenly captured by the vampires. Leela wants to rescue her, but her time away from the real Gallifrey has significantly aged her, as well as still being blind. Some of Borusa's forces volunteer to become mindless, instinctual hunters by drinking measured amounts of Vampire blood. Leela chooses to undergo this process so she can get Romana back. As her biology is different, it effects her body differently. She retains her mind, but reinvigorates all her senses and strength. She even regains her eyesight.
Cast
Gallifrey
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- K9 Mark II - John Leeson
- Narvin - Sean Carlsen
Alternate Gallifrey
- Magistrix Borusa - Katy Manning
- Commander Cloris - Alan Ruscoe
- Captain Vekken - Scott Handcock
- Kraylon - Chris Johnson
- Thetac - Charlotte Parkyn
- Torvald - Andy Coleman
- Hollis - Gary Russell
- Lord Prydon - Geoffrey Beevers
- Prime Enforcer Arcalia - Alexander Vlahos
- Cassandra - Charlie Hayes
Continuity
- The ancient Vampires and their war with Rassilon were introduced in the TV story State of Decay, with the Fourth Doctor and Romana.
- Borusa was also the name of a Time Lord who appeared in the TV stories The Deadly Assassin, The Invasion of Time and The Five Doctors.
- In The Primary timeline, the transduction barrier is an invisible force field that surrounds Gallifrey. In this story it is blackened to keep out light.
- The Great Key of Rassilon was used in The Invasion of Time, with the Fourth Doctor and Leela.
- Lord Prydon mentions several fallen Gallifrey Houses, including Romana's Heartshaven and the Doctor's Lungbarrow.
- Leela lost her eyesight in Fractures.
Notes
- Geoffery Beevers played the Master in TV story The Keeper of Traken as well as two audio plays, Dust Breeding and Master.
- Katy Manning played Jo Grant in the TV series and Iris Wildthyme in several audio plays.