The Angel of Scutari
| The Angel of Scutari | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 122 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Ace Hex |
| Written by | Paul Sutton |
| Directed by | Ken Bentley |
| Production code | 7W/L |
| Release date | June 2009 |
The Angel of Scutari is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Plot
In the Crimea, 1854, Hex meets his hero, Florence Nightingale.
Cast
- Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy
- Ace – Sophie Aldred
- Hex – Philip Olivier
- Sir Sidney Herbert / Tzar Nicholas I – Hugh Bonneville
- Florence Nightingale – Jeany Spark
- William Russell / Russian DungeonGuard – John Paul Connolly
- Brigadier-General Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Kitchen – Alex Lowe
- Sir Hamilton Seymour – Sean Brosnan
- Lev Tolstoy / Preston – John Albasiny
The Three Companions
The Three Companions bonus feature, Part 3.
The Gathernaut by Marc Platt
Cast
- Polly – Anneke Wills
- Thomas Brewster – John Pickard
- Gerry Lenz/Announcer – Russell Floyd
Continuity
- During this story, the exterior of the TARDIS is rendered white when a cannonball shatters its corporeal shell. It remains white for the next several stories, finally returning to blue in Black and White.
- The spare TARDIS key hidden behind the "Police Box" P was first revealed in the 1996 TV Movie.
Cast notes
Hugh Bonneville would later play Captain Avery in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Curse of the Black Spot".[1]
Critical reception
Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael criticised the underuse of both Tolstoy and Nightingale, but found that "its charms outweigh its flaws".[2]
References
- ^ "The Steven Moffat Doctor Who preview". Radio Times. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ Michael, Matt (9 August 2009). "The DWM Review: The Angel of Scutari". Doctor Who Magazine (411). Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics: 64.
External links
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