The Land of the Dead

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title=The Land of the Dead
series="Doctor Who"
number=4
featuring=Fifth Doctor Nyssa


writer=Stephen Cole
director=Gary Russell
producer=Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
executive_producer=Stephen Cole
production_code=6CA
set_between="Time-Flight" and
"Winter for the Adept"
length=1 hr 54 mins
date=January 2000|

"The Land of the Dead" is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who.

Plot

Landing in Alaska, the Doctor and Nyssa encounter a group of people in a most unusual house, cut off not only by the harsh climate but by their individual secrets and obsessions.

Millionaire Shaun Brett is utilizing chunks of the local area to construct a shrine to his dead father. But when deadly creatures start roaming outside, and a terrifying discovery is made inside the house, the Doctor realizes that Brett has unleashed an unimaginably ancient force.

Cast

*The Doctor — Peter Davison
*Nyssa — Sarah Sutton
*Monica Lewis — Lucy Campbell
*Supplier — Alistair Lock
*Shaun Brett — Christopher Scott
*Tulung — Neil Roberts
*Gaborik — Andrew Fettes

Notes

#The compact disc release includes a floor plan of the building where most of the action takes place, to aid the listener in following the action.
#Nyssa and the Doctor speculate that the monsters in this story were involved in the Permian-Triassic extinction event, a massive reduction in Earth's biodiversity some 251.1 million years ago. They also make reference to events of the television serial "Earthshock", which provides an explanation for the similar Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
#Chronologically, this is the earliest audio drama to feature the Fifth Doctor. It therefore takes place prior to all other audio dramas in the main "Doctor Who" range.

External links

* [http://www.bigfinish.com/04-Doctor-Who-The-Land-of-the-Dead Big Finish Productions - "The Land of the Dead"]
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_bf04 | title=The Land of the Dead

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