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|image          = The Beast of Orlok cover.jpg
name= The Beast of Orlok|
|range          = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
image=beast-of-orlok-cover.png |
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA)
series= [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]|
|series number in range = 3
number= 3.3|
|number in series = 3
doctor= [[Eighth Doctor]]|
|series         = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
companions= [[Lucie Miller]] |  
|number         = 3.3
enemy= [[Golem (The Beast of Orlok)|Golem]]|
|doctor         = Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]|
|companions     = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]
director= [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]] |
|enemy           = [[Zoff]], [[Golem (The Beast of Orlok)|Golem]]
setting= [[Orlok]], [[Germany]], [[December]] [[1827]]|
|setting        = [[Orlok (The Beast of Orlok)|Orlok]], [[Germany]], [[December]] [[1827]]
producer= [[Andy Hardwick]]|
|writer          = Barnaby Edwards
publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]]|
|director        = Barnaby Edwards
release date= [[May]] [[2009]]|
|producer       = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards
format= 1 CD |
|music          = [[Andy Hardwick]]
production code=BFPDWCDMG019 |
|sound          = Andy Hardwick
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-395-8 |
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
prev=Hothouse (audio story)|
|epcount        = 2
next= Wirrn Dawn (audio story)|
|cover          = [[Simon Holub]]
|release date    = 4 - 11 April 2009
|format         = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPDWCDMG019  
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-395-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-750-2 (digital)
|prev           = Hothouse (audio story)
|next           = Wirrn Dawn (audio story)
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'''The Beast of Orlok''' was the third release of the third series of ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories#The New Eighth Doctor Adventures|The New Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Barnaby Edwards]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives.
With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives.
With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul - to Hell you'll go!
With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul — to Hell you'll go!


[[Germany]], [[1827]]. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore.
[[Germany]], [[1827]]. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore.
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* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]]
* [[Frau Tod]] - [[Miriam Margolyes]]
* [[Tod|Frau Tod]] - [[Miriam Margolyes]]
* [[Hans Tod]] - [[Samuel Barnett]]
* [[Hans Tod]] - [[Samuel Barnett]]
* [[Teufel|Baron Teufel]] - [[Peter Guinness]]
* [[Teufel|Baron Teufel]] / [[Zoff]]- [[Peter Guinness]]
* [[Otto Pausbacken]] - [[Nick Wilton]]
* [[Otto Pausbacken]] - [[Nick Wilton]]
* [[Judah]] - [[Trevor Cooper]]
* [[Judah]] - [[Trevor Cooper]]
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* [[Lugner]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Lugner]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Writer & Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Executive Producer - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producers - Barnaby Edwards and [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor and Lucie were trying to get to [[Alton Towers]].
* The Doctor and Lucie were trying to get to [[Alton Towers]].
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] has a green switch marked 'LTD' - which is used to '''L'''ocate '''T'''he '''D'''octor.
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] has a green switch marked "LTD" — which is used to '''L'''ocate '''T'''he '''D'''octor.
* The Doctor drinks [[Alcohol#Wine|wine]] with Baron Teufel.
* The Doctor drinks [[wine]] with Baron Teufel.
* Lucie mentions "[[Titanic]]" and [[Sherlock Holmes]].
* The Doctor says that he is [[The Doctor's age|900 years old]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Many of the German names are puns. "Tod" is German for "dead", "Teufel" means "devil", and "Pausbacken" means "chubby-cheeks".
[[File:The Beast of Orlok.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* [[Peter Guinness]] (Baron Teufel) previously played [[Childeric]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'' and would later play [[Mister Dread]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
* Many of the German names are puns. "Tod" is German for "dead," "Teufel" means "devil" and "Pausbacken" means "chubby-cheeks."
* This audio drama was recorded on [[14 September]] [[2008]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[14 September (production)|14 September]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[4 April (releases)|4]] and [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]], and was later broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]] from [[30 May (releases)|30 May]] to [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].
* [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] asks how she could pilot the [[TARDIS]] to the Doctor if she was "on the iceberg with the TARDIS" while he was "on board the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] with some mincing blonde", coincidentally, the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later be on board a spaceship called [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] with [[Astrid Peth|a blonde woman]]. ([[TV]]: [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]])


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor refers to his former companion, the [[19th century]] author [[Mary Shelley]], with whom he had travelled for several years before meeting [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his former companion, the [[19th century]] author [[Mary Shelley]], with whom he had travelled for several years before meeting [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]], and who debuted in the audio drama {{cs|Mary's Story (audio story)}}
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a different kind of [[Golem (The Art of Destruction)|golem]] in [[Africa]] in [[22nd century|2118]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Art of Destruction (novel)|The Art of Destruction]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a [[Golem (The Art of Destruction)|different kind of golem]] in [[Africa]] in [[2118]] during the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novel {{cs|The Art of Destruction (novel)}}


== External links ==
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The Beast of Orlok was the third story in the third series of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Barnaby Edwards and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives. With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul — to Hell you'll go!

Germany, 1827. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore.

And now, it seems, the Beast has returned. As the killings begin again, the people of Orlok are understandably suspicious of two strangers newly arrived in their midst. The Doctor and Lucie must face their darkest fears as they find themselves plunged into a decidedly grim fairytale.

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