The Russian Worm

The Russian Worm
Season:	2
Story Number:	10
Doctor:	Riley!Doctor
Companions:	Travis Killian
Main Setting:	Chernobyl, Russia, 2020
No. Episodes:	2
Release Dates:	2020-03-25 2020-04-08
Total Running Time:	158 minutes
Previous Story:	The Inside Job
Following Story:	Family

The Russian Worm is the third serial of Season 2.

Synopsis

The Doctor, Travis, and Roman are summoned by two old friends from UNIT to the Red Archive in Chernobyl, Russia, to fend off an alien incursion. But all is not what it seems.

Plot

Part 1

To be added

Part 2

To be added

Crew

• Editing and Sound Design - David King
• Theme music arrangement - Drew Krassowski
• Additional music - Luke Baldridge
• Story - Michael Nixon, Ben Paddon

NPCs

Major

• Corporal Harris
• Corporal Weaver
• Sergeant Barton
• Sergeant Puppers

Minor

• Unknown black-clad soldiers

Continuity

• Barton and Sgnt. Puppers return following their appearance in Devils From The Deep. Both have received promotions, and are continuing the work of their former parent organization, UNIT.
• The Red Archive is the Russian counterpart to the Black Archive in London.

Production

• Recorded in one session at Geeky Teas & Games in February 2020.
  • Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the first episode opens with an introduction reassuring listeners that the episode was recorded in advance and that they are isolated and safe.

• The name "Russian Worm" comes from a pole dance floorwork move combining the worm with a kip-up. Michael Nixon and Ben Paddon heard of the name during a conversation at Gallifrey One: 30 Years in the TARDIS, to which Michael noted that it sounded like a Doctor Who monster.

Links

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