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The Angel of Scutari

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Featuring
  
Seventh DoctorAceHex

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
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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