Helmstone was the thirty-second Subscriber Short Trips audio story. It featured the First Doctor and Steven Taylor and was available to subscribers of Big Finish's main Doctor Who range whose subscription included The Silurian Candidate and Time in Office.
Summary[]
Landing on the generation ship Not-Home, Steven and the Doctor find the TARDIS drained of power and unable to take off again for months, if not years. They meet Korra, an inhabitant of Not-Home who carries a Helmstone - an artifact that requires her to present herself at the city for a ritual. The three of them undergo the journey together, but the Doctor and Steven suspect that all is not as it seems...
Plot[]
to be added
Characters[]
- First Doctor
- Steven Taylor
- Korra
Worldbuilding[]
- Not-Home is an asteroid-ship designed to take its people between Old-Home and New-Home, although much of their historical knowledge has been lost.
Notes[]
to be added
Continuity[]
- Steven remembers Sara Kingdom (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) and Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton. (TV: The Chase)
- Korra looks into Steven's future and predicts that he will one day stop travelling once he finds a place where he can help others (TV: The Savages)