Assassin in the Limelight
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| Assassin in the Limelight | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 108 |
| Doctor: | Sixth Doctor |
| Companions: | Evelyn Smythe |
| Enemy: | Robert Knox The Indo |
| Setting: | Earth, United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1865 |
| Writer: | Robert Ross |
| Director: | Barnaby Edwards |
| Music and Post Production: | Martin Johnson |
| Publisher: | Big Finish |
| Release Date: | May 2008 |
| Format: | 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
| Prod. Code: | 7C/MD |
| ISBN: | ISBN 978-1-84435-317-0 |
| Previous Story: | The Haunting of Thomas Brewster |
| Following Story: | The Death Collectors |
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
Ford's Theatre, Washington. Friday, 14th April, 1865. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The place, the date and the event which made history. Or did it? Someone has been tampering with time, muddying the waters of history for his own purposes. Time itself is out of joint and the chief culprit is the enigmatic Doctor Knox.
Somehow the Doctor and Evelyn must put history back on track before the future dissolves into chaos. But Knox, it turns out, may be the least of their worries...
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- Dr. Robert Knox - Leslie Phillips
- Clara Harris - Lysette Anthony
- John Parker - Eric Loren
- Lizzie Williams - Madeline Potter
- Henry Clay Ford - Alan Marriott
- John Wilkes Booth - Paul Dubois
- Thomas Eckert - Mikey O'Connor
[edit] References
- The Doctor calls Robert Knox a Time Meddler.
- Knox has a TARDIS with voice control.
- Evelyn implies that she and the Doctor are from the The Pinkerton Agency.
[edit] Notes
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[edit] Continuity
- Evelyn and the Doctor have met Knox before in BFA: Medicinal Purposes.
- The Indo also appeared in BFA: Pier Pressure.
[edit] Timeline
- Assassin in the Limelight occurs after 100
- Assassin in the Limelight occurs before Time and the Rani
