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The Shadow Vortex (audio story)

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The Shadow Vortex was the first story in the audio anthology Agents of Chaos, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured John Hurt as the War Doctor and Jacqueline Pearce as Cardinal Ollistra and introduced Honeysuckle Weeks as Heleyna.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cardinal Ollistra exploits the War Doctor’s affection for Earth to send him to East Berlin, 1961, on the trail of a Dalek agent. Lara Zannis has breached the planet’s quantum shield on a very special mission for the Dalek Time Strategist.

Caught between MI6 and the KGB, the War Doctor must first escape the Stasi before he can hope to stop Lara. Cold War scientists are about to make a breakthrough – the Daleks want control of the "Shadow Vortex", and Agent Zannis can provide it.

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Doctor - John Hurt
Lara Zannis - Neve McIntosh
Heleyna - Honeysuckle Weeks
Kruger - Timothy Speyer
Professor Crane - Helen Goldwyn
Kavarin - Gunnar Cauthery
Leith - Matthew Cottle
Cardinal Ollistra - Jacqueline Pearce
Dalek Time Strategist / The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Zannis was responsible for the attack on the Draconian embassy.
Lara Zannis' cell was guarded by Corporals Richter and Muller.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 18 February 2023.^[1] It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on 8 and 11 December 2023.^[2]^[3] The first part ends after the Dalek Time Strategist proclaims that the Doctor will vanish from the timelines.

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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official The Shadow Vortex page at bigfinish.com

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The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous

The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices

Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos

The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War

Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

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Doctor Begins

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Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

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