Cast

• The Doctor
  Doctor (Doctor Who)
  The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
  
   — Peter Davison
  Peter Davison
  Peter Davison is a British actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, which he played from 1982 to 1984.-Early life:Davison was born Peter Moffett in Streatham,...
  
  
• Iris Wildthyme — Katy Manning
  Katy Manning
  Katy Manning is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia. She is myopic...
  
  
• Warlord Grayvorn — Anthony Stewart Head
  Anthony Head
  Anthony Stewart Head , usually credited as Anthony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend , and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in...
  
  
• Sister Jolene — Posy Miller
  Posy Miller
  Posy Miller was a British actor who died of leukemia in late 2002.Her notable theatre appearances included The Revenger's Tragedy at The Bridewell in 2000 and work for the Reveal Theatre Company that included a leading role in Teechers by John Godber in 2002...
  
  
• The Mother Superior — Patricia Leventon
• The Zombie King — Billy Miller

Continuity

• This story is set during the last episode of Frontios
  Frontios
  Frontios is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 26 January to 3 February 1984.-Synopsis:...
  
  , after the Doctor has dropped the Gravis off on Kolkokron but before his return to Frontios.

• Iris Wildthyme was a character (created by Paul Magrs) who appeared in several Doctor Who books such as The Scarlet Empress
  The Scarlet Empress (Doctor Who)
  The Scarlet Empress is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Iris Wildthyme.-External links:*-Reviews:*...
  
  , The Blue Angel
  The Blue Angel (Doctor Who)
  The Blue Angel is an original novel written by Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
  
  , Verdigris
  Verdigris (Doctor Who)
  Verdigris is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme.-Plot:...
  
  and Mad Dogs and Englishmen
  Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Doctor Who)
  Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
  
  

• The Scarlet Empress takes place on the planet Hyspero, where Iris claims to have bought the Excelis Relic.

• This is the first Big Finish story to include Iris. She returns in the Bernice Summerfield story The Plague Herds of Excelis, which brings closure to elements of this story. She also meets the Sixth Doctor
  Sixth Doctor
  The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker...
  
   in The Wormery
  The Wormery
  The Wormery is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
  
  and even gets her own audio series, Iris Wildthyme.

• Some of the adventures Iris claims to have shared with the Doctor include The Web Planet
  The Web Planet
  The Web Planet is the fifth serial in the second season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 13 February 1965 to 20 March 1965...
  
  , The Three Doctors, Genesis of the Daleks
  Genesis of the Daleks
  Genesis of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was originally broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 March to 12 April 1975. It marks the first appearance of Davros, the creator of the Daleks.-Plot:...
  
  and Invasion of Time. She also claims to have had a solo adventure similar to The Five Doctors
  The Five Doctors
  The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations...
  
  , but orchestrated by Morbius and involving Mechanoids, Voord
  The Keys of Marinus
  The Keys of Marinus is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 6 weekly parts from April 11 to May 16, 1964...
  
   and Zarbi.

External links

• Big Finish Productions - Excelis Dawns