''Cobwebs'' is a

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based on the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who''. It was aired on

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from 16 to 19 May 2011.

Plot

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

Cast

* The Doctor –

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan ...

Tegan Jovanka Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character played by Janet Fielding in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. An Australian airline stewardess and a native of Brisbane who was a companion of the Fourth and Fif ...

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Janet Fielding Janet Fielding (born Janet Claire Mahoney; 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress who starred in the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' as companion Tegan Jovanka. Early life and career Fielding was born in Brisbane. A ...

* Nyssa –

Sarah Sutton Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Early life Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet ...

Vislor Turlough Vislor Turlough is a fictional character played by Mark Strickson in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. He was a companion of the Fifth Doctor, being a regular in the programme from 1983 to 1984. Turloug ...

–

Mark Strickson Mark Strickson (born 6 April 1959) is a British TV producer and actor best known for his acting role as the character of Vislor Turlough, a companion of the Fifth Doctor, on the television series '' Doctor Who.'' Early life Strickson was born ...

*Director Cardell/Ship's Computer – Helen Griffin *Loki/Edgar/Hawks –

Raymond Coulthard Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ''Emmerdale'' and restaurant manager James Schofield in ''Hotel Babylon''. Career Coulthard's television appearances inc ...

*Enforcement Officer Bragg –

Adrian Lukis Adrian Leonard Fellowes Lukis (born 28 March 1957) is an English actor who has appeared regularly in British television drama since the late 1980s. His most recent notable appearances have been as Sergeant Doug Wright in the police drama ser ...

*Bio Technician Valis/Echelon – Charlotte Lucas

Continuity

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

Notes

Helen Griffin appeared in the TV story ''

Rise of the Cybermen "Rise of the Cybermen" is the fifth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 May 2006. The episode introduces a terrestrial reinvention of the Cy ...

'' / '' The Age of Steel'' It is only the second Big Finish audio play that Fielding had appeared in, after 2006's '' The Gathering''.

Critical reception

Matt Michael, writing for ''

Doctor Who Magazine ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the follo ...

'', praised the audio drama, welcoming the opportunity to hear this TARDIS crew for the first time since 1983, and calling it "strong stuff".

References

External links

''Cobwebs''
2010 audio plays Fifth Doctor audio plays {{DoctorWho-stub