The Angel of Scutari

The Angel of Scutari
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	122
Featuring	Seventh Doctor Ace Hex
Written by	Paul Sutton
Directed by	Ken Bentley
Production code	7W/L
Release date	June 2009

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

Plot

In the Crimea, 1854, Hex meets his hero, Florence Nightingale.

Cast

• Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy
• Ace – Sophie Aldred
• Hex – Philip Olivier
• Sir Sidney Herbert / Tzar Nicholas I – Hugh Bonneville
• Florence Nightingale – Jeany Spark
• William Russell / Russian DungeonGuard – John Paul Connolly
• Brigadier-General Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Kitchen – Alex Lowe
• Sir Hamilton Seymour – Sean Brosnan
• Lev Tolstoy / Preston – John Albasiny

The Three Companions

The Three Companions bonus feature, Part 3.

The Gathernaut by Marc Platt

Cast

• Polly – Anneke Wills
• Thomas Brewster – John Pickard
• Gerry Lenz/Announcer – Russell Floyd

Continuity

• During this story, the exterior of the TARDIS is rendered white when a cannonball shatters its corporeal shell. It remains white for the next several stories, finally returning to blue in Black and White.
• The spare TARDIS key hidden behind the "Police Box" P was first revealed in the 1996 TV movie.

Cast notes

Hugh Bonneville would later play Captain Avery in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Curse of the Black Spot".[1]

Notes

In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Enemy of the Daleks and Project: Destiny

Critical reception

Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael criticised the underuse of both Tolstoy and Nightingale, but found that "its charms outweigh its flaws".[2]

References

1. "The Steven Moffat Doctor Who preview". Radio Times. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
2. Michael, Matt (9 August 2009). "The DWM Review: The Angel of Scutari". Doctor Who Magazine (411). Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics: 64.

External links

• Big Finish Productions – The Angel of Scutari