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The Angel of Scutari

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Featuring
  
Seventh Doctor Ace Hex

Directed by
  
Ken Bentley

Release no.
  
122

Written by
  
Paul Sutton

Production code
  
7W/L

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

Contents

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.

    • 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 Angel of Scutari Wikipedia
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