PSAudios 1.3. Keepsake

The TARDIS has been destroyed and Rob finds himself back home on Earth in 2007. But bumping into his old friend Ben brings its own share of troubles - there's been a dreadful accident involving Ben's old college master, and a strange space ship has recently crashed into a nearby lake.

Rob and Ben dive down to explore the ship, but unwittingly release a force which has been imprisoned for the good of the Universe. Is the offer it makes them too good to be true? Ben suddenly finds himself whisked backwards in time, and then the dead begin to walk...

Not long after "Soap of Fatal Death" had been completed, the opportunity arose for a few of the cast members from the previous plays to record a new one. "Soap" had finished on a cliffhanger which saw the Doctor and the TARDIS apparently destroyed, and so the plan was hatched to record an impromptu "solo" adventure for Rob ("Magical History Tour" was already planned at this point). This was quite a departure, as up to this point the PS Audios had been mammoth affairs, planned in advance. Si Hunt began to develop the script for "Keepsake" during February 2007, originally planning a character called Jake as a friend for Rob - until it was pointed out by Steven Alexander that "there are no real people called Jake". The script was eventually written in just a week.

The story was recorded in Bracknell on the afternoon of 17th February 2007, and is the only PS Audio to have been "rehearsed" in full before recording. It also marks the first time a foe from 'classic' Doctor Who was brought into the audio series, as Ant Cox played The Celestial Toymaker, following in the footsteps of Michael Gough on TV.

Much discussion was had during recording regarding the presence or otherwise of the wet suits in the closing scenes. Trudi Gard appears in the story (in a remotely recorded cameo - and a blatant rip-off of "Aliens of London") as Rob's mum, Linda McCow, as does Andrew Clancy as the old man in the park.