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|image            = The Behemoth.jpg
|image            = The Behemoth.jpg
|range           = Main Range
|range             = Main Range
|number in range = 231
|number in range   = 231
|series            = ''[[Main Range]]''
|series            = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number            = 231
|number            = 231
|doctor            = Sixth Doctor
|doctor            = Sixth Doctor
|companions        = [[Constance Clarke|Constance]], [[Flip Jackson|Flip]]
|companions        = [[Flip Jackson|Flip]], [[Constance Clarke|Constance]], [[Sarah (The Behemoth)|Sarah]]
|enemy            = [[Geoffrey Balsam]], [[Titus Craven]]
|enemy            = [[Geoffrey Balsam]], [[Titus Craven]]
|setting          = [[Bath (city)|Bath]], [[1756]]
|setting          = [[Bath, England|Bath]] and [[Bristol]], [[1756]]
|writer            = [[Marc Platt]]
|writer            = Marc Platt
|director          = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|director          = [[Jamie Anderson]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
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|sound            = Joe Kraemer & [[Josh Arakelian]]
|sound            = Joe Kraemer & [[Josh Arakelian]]
|cover            = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|cover            = [[Anthony Lamb]]
|epcount          = 4
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date      = [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date      = 11 October 2017
|format            = 4 parts, 2 CDs
|format            = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|production code  = BFPDWCD231
|production code  = BFPDWCD231
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-805-9
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78178-805-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-812-7 (digital)
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|next              = The Middle (audio story)
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Bath]], [[1756]] – and a very dashing gentleman known only as [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] is newly arrived in town, accompanied by his lady friends [[Constance Clarke|Mrs Clarke]] and [[Flip Jackson|Mrs Ramon]]. He’s created a stir among the gentlefolk of Georgian high society – and a stir in the heart of merry widow Mrs [[Theodosia Middlemint]], rumour has it.
[[Bath, England|Bath]], [[1756]] – and a very dashing gentleman known only as [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] is newly arrived in town, accompanied by his lady friends [[Constance Clarke|Mrs Clarke]] and [[Flip Jackson|Mrs Ramon]]. He's created a stir among the gentlefolk of Georgian high society – and a stir in the heart of merry widow Mrs [[Theodosia Middlemint]], rumour has it.


They are not the only strangers from abroad causing tongues to wag, however. The mysterious Lady Clara, come from Amsterdam in the company of the noble Captain [[Van Der Meer]], has the whole of Bath agog. Who is she, really? What is she, really?
They are not the only strangers from abroad causing tongues to wag, however. The mysterious [[Clara (The Behemoth)|Lady Clara]], come from [[Amsterdam]] in the company of the noble Captain [[Douwemout Van Der Meer|Van Der Meer]], has the whole of Bath agog. Who is she, really? What is she, really?


But there’s something terrible beneath the veneer of Georgian gentility. As awful a horror as the Doctor has ever exposed, hidden inside Balsam’s Brassworks. Something that needs to be brought to light, for the sake of all humanity.
But there's something terrible beneath the veneer of Georgian gentility. As awful a horror as the Doctor has ever exposed, hidden inside Balsam's Brassworks. Something that needs to be brought to light, for the sake of all humanity.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Constance Clarke]] - [[Miranda Raison]]
* [[Constance Clarke]] - [[Miranda Raison]]
* [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]]
* [[Flip Jackson]] - [[Lisa Greenwood]]
* Sir [[Geoffrey Balsam]] - [[Glynn Sweet]]
* [[Gorembe (The Behemoth)|Gorembe]] - [[Ben Arogundade]]
* Mrs [[Theodosia Middlemint|Middlemint]] - [[Georgina Moon]]
* [[Philip Naylor|Rev Mr Philip Naylor]] - [[Wayne Forester]]
* [[Sarah (The Behemoth)|Sarah]] - [[Diveen Henry]]
* [[Titus Craven]] - [[Liam McKenna]]
* [[Titus Craven]] - [[Liam McKenna]]
* Rev Mr [[Philip Naylor]] - [[Wayne Forester]]
* [[Theodosia Middlemint|Mrs Middlemint]] - [[Georgina Moon]]
* Captain [[Douwemout Van Der Meer]] - [[Giles New]]
* [[Douwemout Van Der Meer|Captain Douwemout Van Der Meer]] / [[Nehemiah Hawnch]] - [[Giles New]]
* [[Sarah (The Behemoth)|Sarah]] - [[Diveen Henry]]
* [[Geoffrey Balsam|Sir Geoffrey Balsam]] - [[Glynn Sweet]]
* [[Gorembe (The Behemoth)|Gorembe]] - [[Ben Arogundade]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Anthony Lamb]]
* Director - [[Jamie Anderson]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Joe Kraemer]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Sound Design - Joe Kraemer and [[Josh Arakelian]]
* Writer - [[Marc Platt]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Flip and Constance obtained [[18th century]] dresses from the [[TARDIS wardrobe]].
* Flip and Constance obtained [[18th century]] dresses from the [[TARDIS wardrobe]].
* The Doctor once danced the [[cotillion]] with [[Jane Austen]].
* Sir Geoffrey compares [[Sixth Doctor's coat|the Doctor's coat]] to a detonation in his sister Theodosia's wardrobe.
* The Doctor once danced a [[cotillion]] with [[Jane Austen]], whom he describes as "a nifty mover".
* Constance can play the [[piano]].
* Constance can play the [[piano]].
* The [[rhinoceros]] [[Clara (The Behemoth)|Lady Clara]] has been touring [[Europe]] since [[1741]].
* The [[rhinoceros]] [[Clara (The Behemoth)|Lady Clara]] has been touring [[Europe]] since [[1741]].
* Reverend Naylor was a [[Calvinism|Calvinist]].
* Gorembe, Sarah and her brothers were sold into slavery by their [[king]].
* Flip's [[wedding ring]] cost [[Jared Ramon|Jared]] a week's pay.
* Constance compares Sir Geoffrey to the [[Nazi]]s and the other [[Fascism|fascists]] of the [[universe]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded at [[the Moat Studios]] on [[11 May (production)|11]] and [[12 May (production)|12 May]] [[2017 (production)|2017]].
* This story was recorded on [[11 May (production)|11]] and [[12 May (production)|12 May]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* Like the television stories ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Meditation (TV story)|The Doctor's Meditation]]'', this story is historical by time period instead of by events.
* Like the television stories ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Meditation (TV story)|The Doctor's Meditation]]'', this story is historical by time period instead of by events.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Flip refers to her wedding. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quicksilver (audio story)|Quicksilver]]'')
* Flip refers to her wedding. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quicksilver (audio story)|Quicksilver]]'')
* Constance refers to her [[Constance Clarke's father|father]]'s land in [[Malawi|Nyasaland]], where she grew up. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'')  
* Constance refers to her [[Constance Clarke's father|father]]'s land in [[Malawi|Nyasaland]], where she grew up. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'')


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The Behemoth was the two hundred and thirty-first story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.

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Bath, 1756 – and a very dashing gentleman known only as the Doctor is newly arrived in town, accompanied by his lady friends Mrs Clarke and Mrs Ramon. He's created a stir among the gentlefolk of Georgian high society – and a stir in the heart of merry widow Mrs Theodosia Middlemint, rumour has it.

They are not the only strangers from abroad causing tongues to wag, however. The mysterious Lady Clara, come from Amsterdam in the company of the noble Captain Van Der Meer, has the whole of Bath agog. Who is she, really? What is she, really?

But there's something terrible beneath the veneer of Georgian gentility. As awful a horror as the Doctor has ever exposed, hidden inside Balsam's Brassworks. Something that needs to be brought to light, for the sake of all humanity.

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