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Revision as of 16:35, 1 May 2012
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...
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
- Dr. Robert Knox - Leslie Phillips
- Clara Harris / Knox's TARDIS - 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
References
- The Doctor calls Robert Knox a Time Meddler.
- Knox poses as the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. The Doctor realises this congruity immediately since, as he tells Evelyn, Wilde was "still in short trousers" in 1865.
- Knox has a TARDIS with voice control.
- Evelyn implies that she and the Doctor are from the Pinkerton Agency.
Notes
- This would be the final appearance of Evelyn Smythe in the main range until BFA: A Death in the Family in October 2010.
- Given that the majority of the events of BFA: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster take place in November 1867, this is the second consecutive audio drama based predominantly in the 1860s.
- This audio drama was recorded on 7 and 8 February 2008.
Continuity
- The Doctor and Evelyn previously encountered Knox in Edinburgh in December 1827 (BFA: Medicinal Purposes) and the Indo in Brighton in 1936 (BFA: Pier Pressure).
- The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War in October 1854. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)
Timeline
- Assassin in the Limelight occurs after BFA: 100.
- Assassin in the Limelight occurs before BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster.
