Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)

was the second story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Scott Handcock and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.
== Publisher's summary ==
When a distress call rips the TARDIS from the Vortex, dragging it back through time, it arrives in the midst of a conflict between Gallifrey and an ancient foe.
The Doctor, as ever, wants to help, but in returning a wounded combatant home, he becomes further and further entangled in a web of deceit and recrimination. A web spun by an eight-legged Empress and her minions...
The Empire of the Racnoss is at war, and wherever he stands, the Doctor is on the wrong side.
== Plot ==
to be added
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - Peter Davison
* Racnoss Empress - Adjoa Andoh
* Old Racnoss Emperor / Herrax - Nigel Planer
* Racnoss Consort - Andrew French
* Alayna - Lisa Kay
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor quips that the Racnoss Consort must have eaten a lot of flies to reach his size.
* The Doctor boasts that his TARDIS beats an escape pod any day of the week, "except perhaps Pancake Tuesdays."
* The Doctor compares the bickering of the Racnoss Empress and Alayna to having two Tegans in the TARDIS at the same time.
* The Doctor describes the Racnoss Wars as "a long and bloody affair".
== Notes ==
* The plot of the story is partially inspired by the play . (BFX: Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two)
== Continuity ==
* The Empress of the Racnoss refers to the Webstar. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
* The Old Racnoss Emperor refers to Huon energy. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
* The Racnoss were almost wiped out by the Fledgling Empires, including Gallifrey, during the Dark Times. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
* The Doctor makes use of the fast return switch. (TV: The Edge of Destruction, et. al)
* The Doctor would encounter an Empress of the Racnoss again in London on 24 December 2007 during his tenth incarnation. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
== External links ==
Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume Two audio stories
Category:Fifth Doctor audio stories
Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme
Category:Time Lord audio stories
Category:Stories set in the distant past