The Harvest

The Harvest is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It introduces new companion Hex. It was retroactively made the final part of a trilogy with The Reaping and The Gathering, with all three sporting similar designs for their covers. Plot 2021. Thomas Hector Schofield (or "Hex" as he prefers to be called) is a nurse at St Gart's Hospital, where things are getting a little strange. The new hire, an attractive girl who insists on being called "McShane", is asking too many questions, and unexplained deaths are happening. What exactly is the mysterious C-Programme… and why does McShane seem to be living in a police box in Totter's Lane? Cast The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy Ace — Sophie Aldred Hex — Philip Olivier Subject One — William Boyde Doctor Stephen Farrer — Richard Derrington XSO David Garnier — David Warwick Doctor Mark Mathias — Paul Lacoux System — Janie Booth Polk — Mark Donovan Continuity The discovery that The Doctor makes about Hex while reading through the hospital files is revealed in Thicker than Water. The technology that is spirited away at the end of the linked story The Gathering subsequently appears in this (chronologically earlier story). This includes System being voiced by the same actress. Hex finally returns to St Gart's a few years later in Project: Destiny.