![]() It allows him onto the control deck, but keeps him behind a forcefield. The Doctor persuades it finally that she is no threat, but is at risk from the threat that is affecting the base. ROSM explains to the Doctor that the pod will home in on the airlock hatch of the base on Cimmeria IV. She escapes and flees through a hatch-but finds she is in an escape pod, which launches. It intends to terminate her anyway, having detected other oddities about her. It remains suspicious of them, as they are the only lifeforms in evidence other than the base crew.Ĭharley is recaptured, and the Doctor manages to persuade ROSM that the “impurities” in her are naturally occurring and are no threat. As the ROSM unit recovers, it confiscates the screwdriver recognizing the superior technology, it decides to keep the Doctor alive for further interrogation. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to disorient the unity, allowing Charley to flee. It determines that Charley is a biohazard and must be eliminated she tries to retreat to the TARDIS, but finds it cut off by a forcefield. ROSM sends an assault unit to interrogate the Doctor and Charley. Both of them remember the pain they just experienced, and doubt their chances of survival. Orllensa answers Ferras’s calls at last, surprising him he thought she had been taken away. Inside the still-darkened base, Haliard won’t stop crying, and Ferras cannot find him. ![]() The Doctor and Charley try to leave the TARDIS, but find themselves locked inside a forcefield. When it fails to make contact, it prepares to land. The ROSM teleports the TARDIS aboard and continues to attempt to contact the now-silent base. It is located by Rescue Operational Security Module G723-ROSM, for short-which is responding to Orllensa’s signal. ![]() He tries to go back and watch it in real time, but the TARDIS does not cooperate, and materialises fully. He sends the TARDIS drifting forward in time at fifty years per second they see strange objects approach the sun before it goes dark. Legend says the Cimmerian star disappeared in the past-or, from their current position, in the future-giving the system its name “Cimmeria” means “of darkness”. Charley, having paid attention to his lessons, pulls the relevant data from the databank. Back in real space, he finds himself in the past of the Cimmerian system. ![]() Attempting to avoid them, he tries to slip by, but is knocked out of the Vortex by temporal turbulence. The Doctor detects a fleet of Type 70 TARDISes nearby. You are safe forever.” The trio begin to scream. Orllensa sends a distress signal with the last of the power the team then hears a strange hum, and an alien voice whispers to them, “Embrace the darkness. As Ferras searches for emergency lamps, something touches him in the darkness-it seems they are not alone. Power begins to fail, leaving the base in the dark. The team, consisting of Ferras, Haliard, and their leader Orllensa, power up the EPUs but the base begins to shake on its deep-buried foundations. A team has been sent to survey the world and install Energy Projection Units (EPUs) in anticipation of more extensive mining. The resource-rich (but perpetually dark) planet Cimmeria IV is uninhabited, making it a valuable target. Spoilers ahead for anyone who has not listened to this audio drama! We’re back, with another Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama review! This week, we’re listening to Embrace the Darkness, written by Nicholas Briggs and starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charley Pollard. ![]()
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