'The Dream Team': 'The Merfolk Murders' (4 Parts) by Tim Foley

Mysteries come in all shapes and forms. From a small-scale murder to an alien conspiracy. But when they arise the Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric are the perfect team to deal with them.

St Andrews, Scotland, 1940. The Merfolk are a university society meeting through the summer to discuss murder mystery stories. Innocent escapism during wartime, they say. Their latest book is The Casebook of Orion Hood – whose hero is all-too-familiar to the Doctor…

When a real-life murder occurs soon after their gathering, the Doctor’s friends encourage him to investigate. Is one of the Merfolk responsible? Was this crime the result of espionage or envy? The Doctor must embrace his deerstalker once more and solve this wartime mystery – before the killer can strike again!

Peter Davison (The Doctor), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Pearl Appleby (Athena McDonnell / Anna McDonnell), Josie Lawrence (Professor Margo Hodgson), Will Kirk (Henry Cuthbertson), Tom Alexander (Private Aurek Kowalski), Angus Imrie (Sebastian Callow)

Directed by Ken Bentley

Release Date:
April 2024

Notes:
*Featuring the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa

*A Big Finish Audio Production

*Time-placing: This takes place some time after 'Black Orchid'