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Animal (audio play)

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Release no.
  
13

Directed by
  
Ken Bentley

Written by
  
Andrew Cartmel

Series
  
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories

Featuring
  
Seventh Doctor Ace Raine Creevey

Executive producer(s)
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

Animal is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Contents

Plot

The Doctor and UNIT investigate a science laboratory at Margrave University, 2001.

Cast

  • The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
  • Ace - Sophie Aldred
  • Raine Creevey - Beth Chalmers
  • Brigadier Winifred Bambera - Angela Bruce
  • Henrick/Metatraxi - John Banks
  • Scobie - Anthony Lewis
  • Willa - Dannielle Brent
  • Percy - Alex Mallinson
  • Juno - Clare Fraenkel

    • Continuity

  • In the previous story, Crime of the Century, the Doctor encountered defensive government robots built by Margrave University in the 1980s.
  • UNIT officer Brigadier Bambera previously appeared with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the 1989 story Battlefield.

    • Critical reception

    Matt Michael reviewed the play favourably for Doctor Who Magazine. Paul Simpson of Sci-Fi Bulletin was more restrained, calling it a "throwback" to the late 1980s. Both the reviewers noted the inclusion of Cartmelisms, particularly animal rights, although Michael found that this was handled more subtly than might have been expected.

    References

    Animal (audio play) Wikipedia
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