The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow

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. It contains a three-part story and a one-part story as well.

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

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.