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| 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".
Notes
In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Enemy of the Daleks and Project: Destiny
Critical reception
Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael criticised the underuse of both Tolstoy and Nightingale, but found that "its charms outweigh its flaws".
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.