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The Rapture (audio drama)

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Series
  
Doctor Who

Featuring
  
Seventh Doctor Ace

Directed by
  
Jason Haigh-Ellery

Release no.
  
36

Written by
  
Joseph Lidster

Produced by
  
Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery

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

Contents

Plot

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit The Rapture nightclub in Ibiza in 1997, where two angels are brainwashing clubgoers, and Ace discovers a secret about her family.

Continuity

  • This story gives Ace's date of birth as 20 August 1970.
  • Ace's parents are named as Audrey and Harry McShane.
  • This story introduces Ace's brother, Liam McShane, who is four years her junior.
  • Following on from tie-in novels, Ace's full name is given as Dorothy Gale McShane (Although, this was never given in the original series).
  • Ace refers to the events of The Curse of Fenric and Colditz

    • Cast

  • The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
  • Ace — Sophie Aldred
  • Himself — Tony Blackburn
  • Liam — David John
  • Caitriona — Anne Bird
  • Brian — James Daniel Wilson
  • Gustavo — Carlos Riera
  • Jude — Matthew Brenher
  • Gabriel — Neil Henry
  • Bouncer — Jeremy James

    • Dating error

    At one point in episode 4, the date is given as 'Saturday 15 May 1997'. In reality, 15 May 1997 fell on a Thursday.

    References

    The Rapture (audio drama) Wikipedia
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