The Bride of Peladon
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| The Bride of Peladon | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 104 |
| Doctor: | Fifth Doctor |
| Companions: | Peri Brown Erimem (Departs) |
| Enemy: | Sekhmet |
| Setting: | Peladon |
| Writer: | Barnaby Edwards |
| Director: | Barnaby Edwards |
| Music and Post Production: | ERS |
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions |
| Release Date: | January 2008 |
| Format: | 4 episodes on 2 CDs |
| Prod. Code: | 6Q/M |
| ISBN: | ISBN 978-1-84435-289-0 |
| Previous Story: | The Girl Who Never Was |
| Following Story: | The Condemned |
Contents |
[edit] Publisher's Summary
Peladon will bathe in oceans of blood!
A mysterious voice, a missing girl and a murdered queen. The Royal House of Peladon is once more plunged into intrigue, terror and death. The Doctor, Peri and Erimem must find their way through a treacherous labyrinth of lies if they are to distinguish friend from foe before it is too late.
For deep beneath the Citadel of Peladon, something infinitely ancient and immeasurably powerful is stirring...
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
- Erimem - Caroline Morris
- Belldonia - Phyllida Law
- Voice - Jenny Agutter
- Pelleas - Christian Coulson
- Pandora - Yasmin Bannerman
- Zixlyr - Nicholas Briggs
- Alpha Centauri - Jane Goddard
- Frankis - Richard Earl
- Elkin - Peter Sowerbutts
- Foreman - Philip Childs
- Miner - Thomas Brodie-Sangster
[edit] References
- This is set 100 years after the Doctor's last visit to Peladon.
- Peladon is still part of the Galactic Federation.
- Sekhmet is an Osirian.
- Aggedor has been pregnant for around a century.
- Mining is progressing on Peladon of Trisilicate.
[edit] Notes
- Jane Goddard is Robert Shearman's wife, she has also appeared in other Big Finish productions playing members of the Pakhar race.
- Yasmin Bannerman (Pandora) has appeared in DW: The End of the World as Jabe.
- Erimem departs in this story.
[edit] Continuity
- Peladon first featured in DW: The Curse of Peladon and the Doctor was last on Peladon in The Monster of Peladon, the Doctor returned to Peladon some years later in NA: Legacy.
- Peri last encountered the Ice Warriors in BFA: Red Dawn.
- The Doctor has also encountered Osirians in DW: Pyramids of Mars and MA: The Sands of Time.
- It is because of the events in BFA: The Mind's Eye that the Doctor understands Erimem's choice in staying with Pelleas.
[edit] Timeline
- The Bride of Peladon occurs after: BFA: The Mind's Eye
- The Bride of Peladon occurs before: BFA: Mission of the Viyrans
