Purgatory 12 was the first story in the ninth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana II, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric and John Leeson as K9 Mark II.

Publisher's summary[]

Still searching for a way out of E-Space, the TARDIS crew land on an isolated space rock... and immediately find it drawn towards a nearby asteroid.

The asteroid has air and gravity unequal to its size and is strewn with the wrecks of spaceships. Veins and pools of rust are everywhere.

Stuck on the asteroid away from his friends, Adric discovers that it's a penal colony housing a gang of alien convicts - but resources are low, and they're starting to starve.

But escaping the prisoners is only the first part of the traveller's troubles. Because there's a sinister presence at the heart of the asteroid... and it won't release them quite as easily.

Plot[]

Part one[]

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Part two[]

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Part three[]

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Part four[]

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Cast[]

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Romana - Lalla Ward
• Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
• K9 - John Leeson
• Scraya / Pips - Amy Downham
• Mang / Wunshooz - Liam Fox
• Colonel Aesillor Zyre - Nimmy March
• Crimsson - George Watkins

Crew[]

• Cover Art - Anthony Lamb
• Director - Nicholas Briggs
• Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music and Sound Designer - Jamie Robertson
• Producer - David Richardson
• Script Editor - John Dorney
• Writer - Marc Platt

Worldbuilding[]

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Notes[]

• This story was recorded on 8, 10 and 15 January 2018 at Audio Sorcery and the Moat Studios.

Continuity[]

• The Doctor mentions Alzarian river fruit. (TV: Full Circle)
• Adric is mourning the death of Varsh. (TV: Full Circle)
• The Doctor uses the spare Food machine (AUDIO: The Age of Sutekh)
• K9 plays chess with Adric. (TV: The Sun Makers, The Androids of Tara)

External links[]

• Official Purgatory 12 page at bigfinish.com

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