Medicinal Purposes
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| Medicinal Purposes | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 60 |
| Doctor: | Sixth Doctor |
| Companions: | Evelyn Smythe |
| Enemy: | |
| Setting: | Edinburgh Earth 1827 |
| Writer: | Robert Ross |
| Director: | Gary Russell |
| Music and Post Production: | |
| Publisher: | Big Finish |
| Release Date: | August 2004 |
| Format: | 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
| Prod. Code: | 7C/L |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84435-098-3 |
| Previous Story: | The Roof of the World |
| Following Story: | Faith Stealer |
Contents |
[edit] Publisher's Summary
Edinburgh, 1827.
The infamous body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are at large. The local prostitutes dull their fear with cheap whisky. The graveyard owls are hooting. Business is good.
When accidental tourists the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe stumble upon one of Britain's most lurid, illuminating chapters in history, a simple case of interest in the work of dedicated man of science Doctor Robert Knox, quickly turns sour.
Just what is that time-bending Scots mist? Whatever it is may put the very fabric of the universe under threat...
As always.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- Doctor Robert Knox - Leslie Phillips
- Daft Jamie - David Tennant
- Mary Patterson - Glenna Morrison
- William Burke - Kevin O'Leary
- Billy Hare - Tom Farrelly
- Old Woman - Janie Booth
[edit] References
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[edit] Notes
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[edit] Continuity
- Robert Knox reappears in BFA: Assassin in the Limelight.
[edit] Timeline
- Medicinal Purposes occurs after ST: The Diplomat's Story
- Medicinal Purposes occurs before ST: Christmas on the Moon
