The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow

"The Death Collectors" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the novel by Jack Kerley.

The Death Collectors
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	109
Featuring	Seventh Doctor
Written by	Stewart Sheargold
Directed by	Nicholas Briggs
Executive producers	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code	7Z/C
Length	TBA
Release date	June 2008

The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . ^[1] It contains a three-part story and a one-part story as well.

The Death Collectors

Plot

Death envelopes the planet of Antikon. And it is sought after by the Dar Traders.

Cast

• The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
• Professor Mors Alexandryn — Alastair Cording
• Danika Meanwhile, — Katherine Parkinson
• Smith Ridley/Dar Traders — Derek Carlyle
• Nancy — Katarina Olsson

Spider's Shadow

Plot

At a royal ball on an alien world, time is out of joint. And the spiders are breaking through.

Cast

• The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
• Guard — Alastair Cording
• Colonel — Derek Carlyle
• Martial Princess Alison Keldafrian — Katarina Olsson
• Martial Princess Louisa Keldafrian — Carol Fitzpatrick
• Henry — Kevin McNally
• Opera singer — Rebecca Bottone

Continuity

• The end of the Seventh Doctor's life in the TV movie is foreshadowed, including Puccini's Madama Butterfly which plays in his final moments.
• A prequel to this story is provided in the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Companion Chronicles story The Darkening Eye , which also features the Dar Traders.

Notes

• In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Frozen Time and Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake .

References

1. "Doctor Who Guide: The Death Collectors / Spider's Shadow - Spider's Shadow". guide.doctorwhonews.net. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

External links

• Big Finish Productions – The Death Collectors