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Revision as of 03:56, 14 July 2019
The Creeping Death was the third and final story in The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume Three, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Roy Gill and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
Publisher's summary
London, 1952, and a deadly smog envelops the capital. But something even more dangerous - and alien - is hiding within the mists.
When the Doctor and Donna get lost in the fog, they find a motley group of Londoners trying to make their way home.
Soon the stakes are raised, as death creeps along fume-choked streets, and not everyone will make it out alive....
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Ivy Clark - Lauren Cornelius
- Terry Hopkins - Theo Stevenson
- Richard Cooper - Kieran Bew
- Malcolm Wishart - Stephen Critchlow
- Alice Aiken / Fumifugium - Helen Goldwyn
References
- The musical film Singin' in the Rain was released in 1952.
- Richard is Terry's boyfriend.
- In England, it is illegal to be homosexual in 1952.
- Alice claims to be the star of West End theatre.
- Richard says he only goes to pantos.
- Fumifugium is the name of a pamphlet published in 1661 regarding the diminishing air quality of London. It's full title was Fumifugium, or, The inconveniencie of the aer and smoak of London dissipated together with some remedies humbly proposed by J.E. esq. to His Sacred Majestie, and to the Parliament now assembled.
Notes
- In 2019, this story was re-released on vinyl in a limited run of 1000 copies.
Cover gallery
Original cover.
Alternate cover.
Vinyl cover.
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Continuity
- The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane were also in London during the Great Smog. (PROSE: Amorality Tale)
- The Doctor mentions Pompeii to Donna. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
- The Doctor says that he and heights didn't always end well. (TV: Logopolis)
External links
- Official The Creeping Death page at bigfinish.com
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