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The Silurian Candidate

Release Number: 229 (BF)

Writer: Matthew J Elliott
Director: Ken Bentley

Featuring: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Bonnie Langford

Big Finish Release (United Kingdom):
First Released: Saturday 30th September 2017
Running Time: 2 hours

The year is 2085, and planet Earth remains on the edge of a nuclear precipice. At any moment, either of two vast rival power blocs, to the West and the East, might unleash a torrent of missiles, bringing about the terrible certainty of Mutual Assured Destruction.

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