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Death in Blackpool

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Written by
  
Alan Barnes

Release no.
  
4.01

Directed by
  
Barnaby Edwards

Range
  
Eighth Doctor Adventures

Featuring
  
Eighth Doctor Lucie Miller

Death in Blackpool is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.

Contents

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Plot

The Doctor takes Lucie home to have Christmas with her family, because she has fond memories of past family Christmas events. Unfortunately this will be a different kind of Christmas 2009 - because this one has the Doctor in it.

Cast

  • The Doctor — Paul McGann
  • Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
  • Aunty Pat - Helen Lederer
  • Billy - David Schofield
  • Father Christmas - Jon Glover
  • Natasha/Marika - Harriet Kershaw

    • Continuity

  • Aunty Pat was last heard in The Zygon Who Fell to Earth, where she was played by Lynsey Hardwick and written by her creator Paul Magrs.
  • Big Finish Podcast (April 2009) advertised this as the final audio drama to feature Lucie Miller as a companion of the Eighth Doctor.

    • Broadcast

    Death in Blackpool was broadcast on digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra on 8 Jan 2013 as a single hour long episode.

    References

    Death in Blackpool Wikipedia
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