Zagreus (audio story)
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| Zagreus | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 50 |
| Doctor: | Eighth Doctor Seventh Doctor (guest) Sixth Doctor (guest) Fifth Doctor (guest) Third Doctor (cameo) |
| Companions: | Charley Pollard |
| Enemy: | Rassilon, Zagreus |
| Setting: | Rassilon's Foundry, Gallifrey The Matrix Dark Tower, Death Zone, Gallifrey |
| Writer: | Alan Barnes and Gary Russell |
| Director: | Gary Russell |
| Music and Post Production: | Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Big Finish |
| Release Date: | November 2003 |
| Format: | 3 CDs - 3 Episodes |
| Prod. Code: | 8L |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84435-032-0 |
| Previous Story: | Master |
| Following Story: | The Wormery |
Contents |
[edit] Publisher's Summary
FOUR DOCTORS - ONE DESTINY
Zagreus sits inside your head.
Zagreus lives among the dead…
Zagreus sees you in your bed
And eats you when you're sleeping.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor / Zagreus - Paul McGann
- The Doctor (disembodied voice) - Jon Pertwee
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- The Brigadier/The TARDIS - Nicholas Courtney
Charley and her mother (Projection)
- Lady Louisa Pollard – Anneke Wills
- The Cat - Conrad Westmaas
- Receptionist – Stephen Perring
- Miss Lime - Elisabeth Sladen
On Earth - Incidence of the Divergence (Projection)
- Reverend Matthew Townsend – Peter Davison
- Captain McDonnell - Mark Strickson
- Miss Foster – Sarah Sutton
- Mary Elson - Caroline Morris
On Gallifrey - Rassilon's Foundry (Projection)
- Lord Tepesh – Colin Baker
- The Great Mother – Maggie Stables
- Stone / Ouida – Nicola Bryant
- The Recorder - Robert Jezek
End of the Universe (Projection)
- Captain Duck – Sophie Aldred
- Walton Winkle (Uncle Winkie) – Sylvester McCoy
- Sergeant Gazelle – Lisa Bowerman
- Cassandra / Goldilocks – Bonnie Langford
- Corporal Heron – Stephen Fewell
On Gallifrey
- Romana – Lalla Ward
- Rassilon - Don Warrington
- K-9 – John Leeson
- Leela – Louise Jameson
- Cardinal Braxiatel – Miles Richardson
[edit] References
- The Divergence are revealed as a race that Rassilon locked away.
- Exactly what Zagreus is is explored.
- Romana and Leela journey to the Dark Tower in the Death Zone on Gallifrey.
- Romana and Leela meet.
- Charley encounters a Jabberwock, and quotes large bits of Jabberwocky.
- The TARDIS is able to feel jealousy for the Doctor and Charley's friendship.
[edit] Notes
- This is Big Finish's 40th Anniversary story, and their 50th regular release, as such it features every single Doctor Who companion and Doctor to have worked with Big Finish (just not in their normal roles).
- Jon Pertwee's voice is taken from a fan production, Devious, which featured Jon Pertwee in a regeneration sequence. A 12-minute excerpt from the unfinished film was released on DVD by BBC Video in 2009 as a bonus feature with DW: The War Games.
[edit] Continuity
- Zagreus was first mentioned in BFA: Project: Twilight.
- This is a sequel to BFA: Neverland.
- This story leads directly into BFA: Scherzo.
