The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow

The Death Collectors redirects here. For the novel, see Jack Kerley.

Big Finish Productions audio play
The Death Collectors
Series	Doctor Who
Release number	109
Featuring	Seventh Doctor
Writer	Stewart Sheargold
Director	Nicholas Briggs
Executive producer(s)	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Set between	Frozen Time and Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake.
Length	TBA
Release date	June 2008

The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It contains a three part story and a one part story as well.

Contents 1 The Death Collectors 1.1 Plot 1.2 Cast 2 Spider's Shadow 2.1 Plot 2.2 Cast 3 Continuity 4 External links

The Death Collectors

Plot

Death envelopes the planet of Antikon. And it is sought after by the Dar Traders.

Cast

• The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
• Professor Mors Alexandryn — Alastair Cording
• Danika Meanwhile — Katherine Parkinson
• Smith Ridley/Dar Traders — Derek Carlyle
• Nancy — Katarina Olsson

Spider's Shadow

Plot

At a royal ball on an alien world, time is out of joint. And the spiders are breaking through.

Cast

• The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
• Guard — Alastair Cording
• Colonel — Derek Carlyle
• Martial Princess Alison Keldafrian — Katarina Olsson
• Martial Princess Louisa Keldafrian — Carol Fitzpatrick
• Henry — Kevin McNally
• Opera singer — Rebecca Bottone

Continuity

• The end of the Seventh Doctor's life in the TV Movie is foreshadowed, including Puccini's Madama Butterfly which plays in his final moments.
• A prequel to this story is provided in the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Companion Chronicles story The Darkening Eye, which also features the Dar Traders.

External links

• Big Finish Productions - The Death Collectors
• The Death Collectors at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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