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Cobwebs (audio drama)

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Cobwebs
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDoctor Who
Release no.136
FeaturingFifth Doctor
Nyssa
Tegan Jovanka
Vislor Turlough
Written byJonathan Morris
Directed byBarnaby Edwards
Executive producer(s)Nicholas Briggs
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code6HA
Release dateJuly 2010
Preceded byEnlightenment
Followed byThe Whispering Forest

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 16 to 19 May 2011.

Plot

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

Cast

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Continuity

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

Notes

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Helen Griffin appeared in the TV story Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel

It is only the second Big Finish audio play that Fielding had appeared in, after 2006's The Gathering.[1]

Critical reception

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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".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Michael, Matt (15 September 2010). "The DWM Review". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 425. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics. p. 64.
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