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* This story was featured in the preview section of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 347|issue 347]] with art by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This story was featured in the preview section of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 347|issue 347]] with art by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This story features [[David Tennant]] in his second and final appearance in the main range of [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]] prior to taking on the role as [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[2005]]. He had previously played [[Feldwebel Kurtz]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''.
* This story features [[David Tennant]] in his second and final appearance in the main range of [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]] prior to taking on the role as [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[2005]]. He had previously played [[Feldwebel Kurtz]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''.
* [[Janie Booth]] (Old Woman) previously played [[System]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'' and would later play [[Eve Morris]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'' and a [[Hospital Patient (Dead Man Walking)|hospital patient]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]''.
* [[Janie Booth]] (Old Woman) previously played [[System]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'' and would later play [[Eve Morris]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]'' and a hospital patient (Dead Man Walking)|hospital patient]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]''.
* [[Leslie Phillips]] would later reprise his role as Dr. Knox in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]''.
* [[Leslie Phillips]] would later reprise his role as Dr. Knox in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]''.
* Although it is not stated in the story itself, Daft Jamie's real name was James Wilson and he was 18 years at the time of his murder`in [[October]] [[1828]]. Mary Patterson was the same age when Burke and Hare killed her on [[9 April]] [[1828]]
* Although it is not stated in the story itself, Daft Jamie's real name was James Wilson and he was 18 years at the time of his murder`in [[October]] [[1828]]. Mary Patterson was the same age when Burke and Hare killed her on [[9 April]] [[1828]]

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Medicinal Purposes was the sixtieth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. This story marked the first appearance of Robert Knox played by Leslie Phillips. This is the second and final Big Finish audio drama in the main range in which David Tennant appears.

Publisher's summary

Edinburgh, 1827.

The infamous body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are at large. The local prostitutes dull their fear with cheap whisky. The graveyard owls are hooting. Business is good.

When accidental tourists the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe stumble upon one of Britain's most lurid, illuminating chapters in history, a simple case of interest in the work of dedicated man of science Doctor Robert Knox, quickly turns sour.

Just what is that time-bending Scots mist? Whatever it is may put the very fabric of the universe under threat...

As always.

Plot

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Cast

References

Individuals

  • Daft Jamie's name and nationality causes the Doctor to recall his former companion Jamie McCrimmon. He regrets that he never told Jamie, who risked his life for him on many occasions, that he thought that he was a very brave man.
  • Evelyn describes Daft Jamie as a "decidedly odd looking young man."
  • The Doctor refers to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

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Notes

Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 347.

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