Minuet in Hell
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| Minuet in Hell | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 19 |
| Doctor: | Eighth Doctor |
| Companions: | Charley Pollard, The Brigadier |
| Enemy: | Marchosias |
| Setting: | Earth, Malebolgia, Louisiana |
| Writer: | Alan W. Lear with Gary Russell |
| Director: | Nicholas Briggs |
| Music and Post Production: | |
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions |
| Release Date: | April 2001 |
| Format: | 4 Episodes on 2 CDs |
| Prod. Code: | 8E |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-903654-05-X |
| Previous Story: | The Stones of Venice |
| Following Story: | Loups-Garoux |
Contents |
[edit] Publisher's Summary
The twenty-first century has just begun, and Malebolgia is enjoying its status as the newest state in America After his successful involvement with Scotland's devolution, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart has been invited over to Malebolgia to offer some of his experiences and expertise.
There he encounters the charismatic Brigham Elisha Dashwood III, an evangelical statesman running for Governor who may not be quite as clean-cut and wholesome as he makes out. One of Dashwood's other roles in society is as patron of a new medical institute, concentrating on curing the ills of the human mind. One of the patients there interests the Brigadier -- someone who claims he travels through space and time in something called a TARDIS.
Charley, however, has more than a few problems of her own. Amnesiac, she is working as a hostess at the local chapter of the Hell Fire Club, populated by local dignitaries who have summoned forth the demon Marchosias. And the leader of the Club? None other than Dashwood, who seems determined to achieve congressional power by the most malevolent means at his disposal...
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- The Brigadier - Nicholas Courtney
- Brigham Elisha Dashwood III - Robert Jezek
- Senator Waldo Pickering - Morgan Deare
- Becky Lee Kowalczyck - Helen Goldwyn
- Dr Dale Pargeter - Maureen Oakeley
- Gideon Crane - Nicholas Briggs
- Orderly - Hylton Collins
- Guard - Alistair Lock
- Scott - Barnaby Edwards
[edit] References
- Gideon Crane tests the Doctor by listing a range of his former companions "Charley, Sam, Ace, Evelyn, Nyssa, Romana, Sarah Jane, Jamie, Polly, Ian, Barbara and Susan... dear, dear Susan"
- In listing the Doctor's companions Gideon Crane mentions a 'Sam', this may be Samantha Jones or Samson Griffin.
- Hell is mentioned in the legends of Gallifrey.
[edit] Notes
- 'Minuet in Hell' is a remake of the Audio Visuals audio drama of the same name.
- Part One of this story was voted Most Popular Episode of 2001 by the Cast and Crew of Big Finish.
- This story marks the meeting between the Eighth Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart.
[edit] Continuity
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[edit] Timeline
- Minuet in Hell occurs after BFA: The Stones of Venice
- Minuet in Hell occurs before ST: A Good Life
