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Cobwebs (audio drama)

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Written by
  
Jonathan Morris

Release no.
  
136

Directed by
  
Barnaby Edwards

Featuring
  
Fifth Doctor Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough

Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

Cobwebs is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra from the 16th to the 19 May 2011.

Contents

Plot

Half a century after her travels in the TARDIS, Nyssa reunites with the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, days after they left her.

Cast

  • The Doctor – Peter Davison
  • Tegan Jovanka – Janet Fielding
  • Nyssa – Sarah Sutton
  • Vislor Turlough – Mark Strickson
  • Director Cardell/Ship's Computer – Helen Griffin
  • Loki/Edgar/Hawks – Raymond Coulthard
  • Enforcement Officer Bragg – Adrian Lukis
  • Bio Technician Valis/Echelon – Charlotte Lucas

    • Continuity

    The play occurs after Enlightenment with a much older Nyssa briefly rejoining her friends at the same ages she left them.

    Critical reception

    Matt Michael, writing for Doctor Who Magazine, praised the audio drama, welcoming the opportunity to hear this TARDIS crew for the first time since 1983, and calling it "strong stuff".

    References

    Cobwebs (audio drama) Wikipedia
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