The Holy Terror
| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| The Holy Terror | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 14 |
| Featuring | Sixth Doctor Frobisher |
| Writer | Robert Shearman |
| Director | Nicholas Pegg |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) | Jacqueline Rayner |
| Set between | The Maltese Penguin and The Ratings War |
| Length | 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Release date | November 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Shadow of the Scourge |
| Followed by | The Mutant Phase |
The Holy Terror is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is notable for incorporating Frobisher, a regular character from Doctor Who Magazine's comic strip during the mid-1980s.
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[edit] Plot
The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher become involved in a power struggle in a mysterious castle culminating in a bloodbath. The Doctor and Frobisher finds themselves involved with a society constrained by the observation of a complex and apparently illogical set of customs the members of whom have seemingly blunted affects. Drawing inspiration from the Shakespearean tragedy as well as exploring unpleasant elements of the father/child relationship and infanticide this is one of the darker episodes.
This is the first (radio) episode to feature Frobisher.
This episode addresses issues of crime and retribution, self-determinacy, religious extremism and custom.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — Colin Baker
- Frobisher — Robert Jezek
- Captain Sejanus — Dan Hogarth
- Eugene Tacitus — Sam Kelly
- Berengaria — Roberta Taylor
- Livilla — Helen Punt
- Childeric — Peter Guinness
- Pepin — Stefan Atkinson
- Clovis — Peter Sowerbutts
- Arnulf — Bruce Mann
- Sculptor — Robert Shearman
[edit] Notes
- The initial "miracle" of identifying a randomly chosen card uses the 3 of Clubs - a reference to Penn & Teller's favorite card to use in such tricks.
- This is the first time that Frobisher, a companion that appears in the comic strips of Doctor Who Magazine, is portrayed in a different medium.
- A short "music video" type cue can be found on a bonus track 4 minutes 32 seconds into the final track on Disk 2
- The background to the CD cover is made up of the 1996 TV Movie TARDIS set.
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- The Holy Terror reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
