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{{Infobox Story SMW
|name=Ghosts of Winterborne
|image          = Ghosts of Winterborne.jpg
|image=Probe4.jpg
|main character = [[Liz Shaw]], [[Gavin Purcell]], [[Andrew Powell]]
|main character=[[Elizabeth Shaw]]
|featuring     = [[Patricia Haggard]]
|featuring=[[Preternatural Research Bureau]]
|enemy         = [[Isaac Greatorex]]
|enemy=
|setting       = [[Winterborne School]]
|setting=[[Earth]], [[England]], [[Winterborne School]]
|writer         = Mark Gatiss
|writer=[[Mark Gatiss]]
|director       = [[Bill Baggs]]
|director=[[Bill Baggs]]
|producer       = [[Bill Baggs]]
|producer=[[Bill Baggs]]
|publisher     = BBV Productions
|publisher=BBV Productions
|release date   = 1996
|release date=[[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|format         = 40 minute, VHS
|format=60 minute, VHS
|series        = ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' video stories
|prev=Unnatural Selection
|prev           = Unnatural Selection (home video)
|next=  
|next           = When to Die (home video)
}}
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'''''Ghosts of Winterborne''''' was a home video published by [[BBV Productions]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.
The Devil of [[Winterborne School|Winterborne]] has only recently been exorcised by [[P.R.O.B.E.]]


But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of [[black magic]] spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.
But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of [[black magic]] [[spell]]s is stolen from a local [[museum]], [[Liz Shaw]] begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.


Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.
Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's [[Gavin Purcell|disgraced headmaster]], Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.


But how do you fight a shadow from hell?
But how do you fight a shadow from hell?
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* [[Librarian (Ghosts of Winterborne)|Librarian]] - [[Alan Nicholas]]
* [[Librarian (Ghosts of Winterborne)|Librarian]] - [[Alan Nicholas]]


== Production crew ==
== Crew ==
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* Several cast members previous portrayed roles in ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Peter Davison ([[Fifth Doctor]]), Louise Jameson ([[Leela]]), Terry Molloy ([[Davros]]; ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' to ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''), Geoffrey Beevers ([[The Master]] in ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'').
* The end credits list Mrs Wyndham's first name as Barbara, rather than her on-screen name of Margaret. However, Mrs Wyndham's deceased twin sister, Ms Taploe, was also named Barbara.
* Mark Gatiss would go on to write and act in televised ''Doctor Who''.
* This story is set some months after [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Devil of Winterborne (home video)|The Devil of Winterborne]], ''with Davison, Matthews and Shearsmith reprising their roles as Gavin Purcell, Christian and Andrew Powell from that story. This story expands on themes from that video, with a flashback to Christian's 18th century predecessor and the use of clips from that story.
* The end credits list Mrs. Wyndham's first name as Barbara, rather than her on-screen name of Margaret. However, Mrs. Wyndham's deceased twin sister, Ms. Taploe, was also named Barbara.


=== Myths ===
=== Filming locations ===
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=== Filming Locations ===
== Continuity ==
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=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== DVD, video, and other releases ==
* This story is set some months after [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Devil of Winterborne]]''.
Originally released on home video in 1996, it was reissued on DVD in 2012, available from Galaxy 4.


== DVD, video, and Other releases ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/probe4.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - '''Ghosts of Winterborne''']
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* {{whoniverse|bbv04|Ghosts of Winterborne}}
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Ghosts of Winterborne was a home video published by BBV Productions.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.

But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.

Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.

But how do you fight a shadow from hell?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The end credits list Mrs Wyndham's first name as Barbara, rather than her on-screen name of Margaret. However, Mrs Wyndham's deceased twin sister, Ms Taploe, was also named Barbara.
  • This story is set some months after HOMEVID: The Devil of Winterborne, with Davison, Matthews and Shearsmith reprising their roles as Gavin Purcell, Christian and Andrew Powell from that story. This story expands on themes from that video, with a flashback to Christian's 18th century predecessor and the use of clips from that story.

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

DVD, video, and other releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Originally released on home video in 1996, it was reissued on DVD in 2012, available from Galaxy 4.

  • 2012 DVD

    2012 DVD

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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