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The Whispering Forest

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Written by
  
Stephen Cole

Release no.
  
137

Directed by
  
Barnaby Edwards

Featuring
  
Fifth Doctor Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough

Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

The Whispering Forest is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Contents

Plot

On the alien world of Purity, the weakest are spirited away by the mysterious Takers.

Cast

  • The Doctor - Peter Davison
  • Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
  • Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
  • Vislor Turlough - Mark Strickson
  • Seksa - Hayley Atwell
  • Mertil/Woman - Sue Wallace
  • Jestan/Man/Taker - Paul Shelley
  • Hervey/Taker/Demi-Taker - Harry Melling
  • Anulf/Taker - Lennox Greaves
  • Antan/Taker - Aneurin Barnard

    • Continuity

  • A green crescent representing the universal symbol for hospitals was established in the 2006 TV story New Earth.
  • The re-emergence of the Mara at the end leads directly into The Cradle of the Snake.
  • The Mara asks if the Doctor is leaving because Purity is "too green" for him, referring to a line he had in Kinda.

    • References

    The Whispering Forest Wikipedia
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