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|image = Thicker Than Water cover.jpg | |image = Thicker Than Water cover.jpg | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
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|featuring3 = Seventh Doctor | |featuring3 = Seventh Doctor | ||
|enemy = [[Andrew Szabó]] | |enemy = [[Andrew Szabó]] | ||
|setting = [[ | |setting = [[Galen (Arrangements for War)|Galen]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Sutton | ||
|director = [[Edward Salt]] | |director = [[Edward Salt]] | ||
|producer = [[Gary Russell]], [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |producer = [[Gary Russell]], [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | ||
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|cover = [[Lee Binding]] | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = September 2005 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes|7C/U]] | |production code = [[List of production codes|7C/U]] | ||
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|made next = Singularity (audio story) | |made next = Singularity (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
}} | |||
'''''Thicker Than Water''''' was the seventy-third story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]], [[Gabriel Woolf]] as [[Justice Rossiter|Rossiter]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | '''''Thicker Than Water''''' was the seventy-third story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and [[Maggie Stables]] as [[Evelyn Smythe]], [[Gabriel Woolf]] as [[Justice Rossiter|Rossiter]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. | ||
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Mel, Sofia and Jenner accompany Evelyn and the wounded Dr Lawrence on the flight to the [[hospital]], during which Sofia calls in Dr Szabó to perform the necessary operation on Dr Lawrence. Mel learns from Jenner that the Doctor, Rossiter and the TARDIS have disappeared and, after Dr Lawrence's surgery, she [[apology|apologises]] to Sofia for suspecting her and is hit for suggesting that Dr Szabó might be involved. Dr Lawrence then goes into [[cardiac arrest]]. | Mel, Sofia and Jenner accompany Evelyn and the wounded Dr Lawrence on the flight to the [[hospital]], during which Sofia calls in Dr Szabó to perform the necessary operation on Dr Lawrence. Mel learns from Jenner that the Doctor, Rossiter and the TARDIS have disappeared and, after Dr Lawrence's surgery, she [[apology|apologises]] to Sofia for suspecting her and is hit for suggesting that Dr Szabó might be involved. Dr Lawrence then goes into [[cardiac arrest]]. | ||
The Doctor and Rossiter find a makeshift hospital in the tunnels and barricade themselves against the patients whilst they search the records in the hopes of making a connection between the hospital and Evelyn, whom the Doctor learns wanted him to give her away at her [[wedding]]. The pair find a file on her as well as faked [[death certificate]]s bearing Sofia's [[signature]]. Fighting off the patients with a [[fire extinguisher]], they get out of the ward and find a room full of Killorans who have been the unwilling subjects of genetic experimentation. Evelyn, the Doctor realises, has been given Killoran [[DNA]]. | The Doctor and Rossiter find a makeshift hospital in the tunnels and barricade themselves against the patients whilst they search the records in the hopes of making a connection between the hospital and Evelyn, whom the Doctor learns wanted him to give her away at her [[wedding]]. The pair find a file on her as well as faked [[death certificate]]s bearing Sofia's [[signature]]. Fighting off the patients with a [[fire extinguisher]], they get out of the ward and find a room full of Killorans who have been the unwilling subjects of genetic experimentation. Evelyn, the Doctor realises from her file, has been given Killoran [[DNA]]. | ||
=== Part four === | === Part four === | ||
''to be | The Doctor and Rossiter release the Killorans and leave, suspecting that Dr Lawrence could be responsible for Evelyn's condition as he assisted Dr Szabó during her surgery. Unbeknownst to them, they are being watched by Dr Szabó, who tells Mel that he killed Dr Lawrence upon learning of his attempts to cure [[coma]] patients with Killoran [[blood]] and takes her to the lift, only to push her down the shaft. She is caught by the Doctor and, once Jenner arrives, stays to help the Killorans whilst the Doctor and Rossiter take a lift to the main hospital. | ||
By creating [[antibody|antibodies]] in his own body, the Doctor saves Evelyn from dying in the operating room and goes after Dr Szabó with Mel, soon being joined by Sofia. Dr Szabó commits [[suicide]] by [[poison]]ing himself after admittig to manipulating Sofia to draw attention away from his experiments, which Dr Lawrence had been assisting with, getting Sofia to sign patients' death certificates to hide his involvement. Meanwhile, [[Seventh Doctor|the next Doctor]] visits Evelyn in her room and tells her about how he is travelling with [[Cassandra Schofield]]'s son, [[Hex]], as he wants her forgiveness. | |||
Weeks later, after learning that her [[heart condition]] was never really cured, Evelyn renews her wedding vows with Rossiter and is given away by the Doctor as she had wanted to be at her wedding. She tells the Doctor that she loves him and they share one final [[dance]] before he and Mel depart. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* At some point during their travels together, the Doctor and Evelyn eventually visited the court of [[Elizabeth I]]. | * At some point during their travels together, the Doctor and Evelyn eventually visited the court of [[Elizabeth I]]. | ||
* Szabó has [[Molien|Dr Molien]] take over from him. | * Szabó has [[Molien|Dr Molien]] take over from him. | ||
* Mel has always been good with [[dog]]s. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This account of Mel's first meeting with Evelyn, along with Evelyn's post-TARDIS life, is contradicted by that offered in the novel ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]''. | * This account of Mel's first meeting with Evelyn, along with Evelyn's post-TARDIS life, is contradicted by that offered in the novel ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]''. | ||
* As in the audio story ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'', [[Sylvester McCoy]] makes an uncredited cameo appearance as the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the final episode. | * As in the audio story ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'', [[Sylvester McCoy]] makes an uncredited cameo appearance as the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the final episode. | ||
* Along with the audio stories ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'', ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'' , ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]'' and [[The End of the Beginning (audio story)]] this is one of nine Big Finish audio dramas in which both [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] appear. | * Along with the audio stories ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'', ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'', ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'', ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'' , ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]'' and ''[[The End of the Beginning (audio story)|The End of the Beginning]]'', this is one of nine Big Finish audio dramas in which both [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] appear. | ||
* Although the Seventh Doctor discovered that [[Hex]] was the son of [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassie Schofield]] in the audio story ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'', released in June 2004, this information was not revealed to either Evelyn or the audience until this story. | * Although the Seventh Doctor discovered that [[Hex]] was the son of [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassie Schofield]] in the audio story ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'', released in June 2004, this information was not revealed to either Evelyn or the audience until this story. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[27 June (production)|27]] and [[28 June (production)|28 June]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[27 June (production)|27]] and [[28 June (production)|28 June]] [[2005 (production)|2005]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* This story is set between [[Season 23|''The Trial of a Time Lord'']] and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | * This story is set between [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|''The Trial of a Time Lord'']] and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | ||
* This is a sequel to ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'', taking place three years afterwards. | * This is a sequel to ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'', taking place three years afterwards. | ||
* This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only. | * This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download only. | ||