The Whispering Forest
| The Whispering Forest | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 137 |
| Featuring |
Fifth Doctor Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough |
| Writer | Stephen Cole |
| Director | Barnaby Edwards |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 6HB |
| Set between |
Cobwebs and |
| Release date | August 2010 |
The Whispering Forest is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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.
Cast notes
- Paul Shelley previously appeared in the Fifth Doctor TV story Four to Doomsday with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton.
- Hayley Atwell was heard in the Eighth Doctor audio story Blood of the Daleks.
- Harry Melling is the grandson of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton.
- Lennox Greaves and Sue Wallace were both previously heard in The Chimes of Midnight.
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