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{{Infobox Story
|spinoff name=Ghosts of Winterborne
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|name=Ghosts of Winterborne
|image=
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|image=Probe4.jpg
 
|main character=[[Elizabeth Shaw]]
 
|main character=[[Elizabeth Shaw]]
 
|featuring=[[Preternatural Research Bureau]]
 
|featuring=[[Preternatural Research Bureau]]
 
|enemy=
 
|enemy=
|setting=
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|setting=[[Winterborne School]], [[England]]
 
|writer=[[Mark Gatiss]]
 
|writer=[[Mark Gatiss]]
 
|director=[[Bill Baggs]]
 
|director=[[Bill Baggs]]
 
|producer=[[Bill Baggs]]
 
|producer=[[Bill Baggs]]
|publisher=[[Bill Baggs Video]]
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|publisher=BBV Productions
|release date=[[1996]]
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|release date=[[1996 (releases)|1996]]
 
|format=60 minute, VHS
 
|format=60 minute, VHS
|previous release=[[Unnatural Selection]]
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|prev=Unnatural Selection
|next release=
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|next=
 
}}
 
}}
   
==Synopsis==
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== Synopsis ==
 
The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.
 
The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.
   
But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.
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But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of [[black magic]] spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.
   
 
Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.
 
Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.
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But how do you fight a shadow from hell?
 
But how do you fight a shadow from hell?
   
==Plot==
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== Plot ==
 
''to be added''
 
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==Cast==
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== Cast ==
*Liz Shaw - [[Caroline John]]
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* [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Caroline John]]
*Patricia Haggard - [[Louise Jameson]]
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* [[Patricia Haggard]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
*Gavin Purcell - [[Peter Davison]]
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* [[Gavin Purcell]] - [[Peter Davison]]
*Christian - [[Daniel Matthews]]
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* [[Christian Purcell|Christian]] - [[Daniel Matthews (actor)|Daniel Matthews]]
*Barbara Taploe / Margaret Wyndham - [[Charmian May]]
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* [[Margaret Wyndham]] - [[Charmian May]]
*Andrew Powell - [[Reece Shearsmith]]
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* [[Andrew Powell]] - [[Reece Shearsmith]]
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* [[Max (Ghosts of Winterborne)|Max]] - [[David Hankinson]]
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* [[Ian (Ghosts of Winterborne)|Ian]] - [[Nathan Hamlett]]
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* [[Librarian (Ghosts of Winterborne)|Librarian]] - [[Alan Nicholas]]
   
==Production crew==
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== Production crew ==
 
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==References==
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== References ==
 
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==Story notes==
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== Story notes ==
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* Several cast members previous portrayed roles in ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Peter Davison ([[Fifth Doctor]]), Louise Jameson ([[Leela]]), Terry Molloy ([[Davros]]; ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' to ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''), Geoffrey Beevers ([[The Master]] in ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'').
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* Mark Gatiss would go on to write and act in televised ''Doctor Who''.
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* The end credits list Mrs. Wyndham's first name as Barbara, rather than her on-screen name of Margaret. However, Mrs. Wyndham's deceased twin sister, Ms. Taploe, was also named Barbara.
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* This is Caroline John's last on-screen appearance as Liz Shaw. However, John would return to the role on audio for ''[[The Companion Chronicles]] ''series, beginning in 2007 with ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]'', up until her death in 2012 with ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]. ''In these stories, Liz Shaw relates a tale from the past from the present day. The character also appeared in the New Adventures novel ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]], ''set in 2003, and supposedly died, however was still alive by 2010. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'').
   
===Ratings===
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=== Myths ===
 
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===Myths===
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=== Filming Locations ===
 
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=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
===Filming Locations===
 
 
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== Continuity ==
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
 
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* This story is set some months after [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Devil of Winterborne]], ''with Davison, Matthews and Shearsmith reprising their roles as Gavin Purcell, Christian and Andrew Powell from that story. This story expands on themes from that video, with a flashback to Christian's 18th century predecessor and the use of clips from that story.
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== DVD, video, and Other releases ==
==Continuity==
 
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Originally released on home video in 1996, it was reissued on DVD in 2012, available from Galaxy 4.
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<nowiki><gallery>
==DVD, video, and Other releases==
 
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Bbv ghosts wint.jpeg|2012 DVD
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</galley></nowiki>
   
==See also==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/probe4.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - '''Ghosts of Winterborne''']
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* {{whoniverse|PROBE03.php|Ghosts of Winterborne}}
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* Galaxy 4 [https://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=2786&vts=gelfAgE website]
   
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==External links==
 
 
{{TV stub}}
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[[Category:P.R.O.B.E.]]
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[[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]]
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[[Category:Stories released in 1996]]

Revision as of 23:40, 17 February 2015

RealWorld


Synopsis

The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.

But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.

Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.

But how do you fight a shadow from hell?

Plot

to be added

Cast

Production crew

to be added

References

to be added

Story notes

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

  • This story is set some months after HOMEVID: The Devil of Winterborne, with Davison, Matthews and Shearsmith reprising their roles as Gavin Purcell, Christian and Andrew Powell from that story. This story expands on themes from that video, with a flashback to Christian's 18th century predecessor and the use of clips from that story.

DVD, video, and Other releases

Originally released on home video in 1996, it was reissued on DVD in 2012, available from Galaxy 4.

<gallery> Bbv ghosts wint.jpeg|2012 DVD </galley>

External links


TVStub