Aug 10, 2012
979. A legendary giant white worm is sought after by the Doctor,
Leela and the Master.
Cast
The Doctor - Tom Baker
Leela - Louise Jameson
The Master - Geoffrey Beevers
Colonel Spindleton - Michael Cochrane
Demesne Furze - Rachael Stirling
Continuity
Geoffrey Beevers played the Master, alongside
Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, in the 1981 television story The
Keeper of Traken.
The Fourth Doctor also encountered the Master in
The Deadly Assassin and Tom Baker's last television story,
Logopolis.
The version of the Master that Beevers plays has
an emaciated, corpse-like appearance. This was first seen in The
Deadly Assassin, although in that story, the Master was played by
Peter Pratt.
For the Doctor and the Master, Trail of the
White Worm takes place between The Deadly Assassin and The Keeper
of Traken.
The Doctor notices that the Master looks
different, less emaciated, reflecting the differences in appearance
in The Deadly Assassin and The Keeper of Traken. This may have been
a result of the aborted rejuvenation at the end of The Deadly
Assassin.
Beevers previously reprised the role of the
Master in two Big Finish audios, Dust Breeding and Master, both
with the Seventh Doctor. In those dramas, the Master had reverted
to his former deteriorated state, after losing the form he gained
at the end of The Keeper of Traken.
The Kraal attempt to invade the Earth, while the Doctor is trapped
on their irradiated home world, Oseidon.
Cast
The Doctor - Tom Baker
Leela - Louise Jameson
The Master - Geoffrey Beevers
Colonel Spindleton - Michael Cochrane
Marshal Grimnal / Captain Clarke - Dan
Starkey
Tyngworg / Warner / UNIT R/T Operator - John
Banks
Continuity
The Kraals were in the 1975 Fourth Doctor
television story, The Android Invasion. That story also featured
UNIT.
This is the first use of Kraals by Big Finish
Productions.
The Doctor and Leela encounter the Master again
in the third season of Fourth Doctor adventures, due to be released
in 2014.[2]
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