The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)

The Chimes of Midnight
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	Edward Grove
Main setting:	Edward Grove (the house), Earth
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Robert Shearman
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Producer:	Russell Stone and Andy Hardwick
Release details
Release number:	29
Release date:	February 2002
Format:	CD
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-58-0

Publisher's summary

’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring...

But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows. Something which kills the servants of an old Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly on the chiming of the hour, every hour, as the grandfather clock ticks on towards midnight.

Trapped and afraid, the Doctor and Charley are forced to play detective to murders with no motive, where the victims don’t stay dead. Time is running out.

And Time itself might well be the killer...

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Edith Thompson - Louise Rolfe
• Mr Shaughnessy - Lennox Greaves
• Mrs Baddeley - Sue Wallace
• Frederick - Robert Curbishley
• Mary - Juliet Warner

References

• The Doctor and Charley experience several time loops.
• The cook, Mrs Baddeley, shares a name with actress Angela Baddeley, who played Mrs Bridges in the British television series Upstairs, Downstairs which also is set in a large Edwardian house.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Edith references some of the events of Storm Warning.
• The Doctor mentions the events of The Stones of Venice.

Timeline

• The Chimes of Midnight occurs after BFA: Invaders from Mars
• The Chimes of Midnight occurs before ST: War in a Time of Peace

External links

• Official The Chimes of Midnight page at bigfinish.com
• The Chimes of Midnight at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Chimes of Midnight at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide