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|image = The Scent of Blood (audio story).jpg | |image = The Scent of Blood (audio story).jpg | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[James MacFarlane]] | |||
|featuring = [[Vampire]]s | |featuring = [[Vampire]]s | ||
|enemy = [[Bowship (The Scent of Blood)|Bowship]] | |enemy = [[Bowship (The Scent of Blood)|Bowship]] | ||
|setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[1890s]] | |setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[1890s]] | ||
|writer = [[Andy | |writer = [[Andy Lane]] | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|read by = [[Dan Starkey]] | |read by = [[Dan Starkey]] | ||
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|publisher = BBC Worldwide | |publisher = BBC Worldwide | ||
|release date = [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | |release date = [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | ||
|format =1 Episode on 1 CD | |format = 1 Episode on 1 CD | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = ISBN 9781787537064 | |isbn = ISBN 9781787537064 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive-to-audio story from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]]. It was read by [[Dan Starkey]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive-to-audio story from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]]. It was read by [[Dan Starkey]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
It's the late [[1890]]s, and newspaper [[journalist]] [[James | It's the late [[1890]]s, and newspaper [[journalist]] [[James MacFarlane]] is on the trail of a supernatural entity. He's joined in his investigations by a mysterious stranger, who calls himself [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and professes to know a lot about [[vampire]]s. | ||
As gangs of locals gather zombie-like on the city's streets, James and the Doctor find themselves on a dangerous trail to find the truth. What links the secretive [[Lord Elmhurst|Lord]] and [[Lady Elmhurst]] to local events? What strange force is luring ordinary men and women to a local [[quarry]]? The Doctor soon realises that the answers lie in his own past... | As gangs of locals gather zombie-like on the city's streets, James and the Doctor find themselves on a dangerous trail to find the truth. What links the secretive [[Lord Elmhurst|Lord]] and [[Lady Elmhurst]] to local events? What strange force is luring ordinary men and women to a local [[quarry]]? The Doctor soon realises that the answers lie in his own past... | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Eighth Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
*[[James | * [[James MacFarlane]] | ||
* [[Muirhead]] | * [[Muirhead]] | ||
* [[Lord Elmhurst]] | * [[Lord Elmhurst]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The audio story ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'' similarly shows the [[Seventh Doctor]] learning of the [[Torchwood Institute]]. In [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] claims that he had never heard of Torchwood. | * The audio story ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'' similarly shows the [[Seventh Doctor]] learning of the [[Torchwood Institute]]. In [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] claims that he had never heard of Torchwood. | ||
*The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Tales of Time and Space]]''. | * The story was reissued in the audio anthology ''[[Tales of Time and Space]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Revision as of 13:52, 25 August 2023
The Scent of Blood was an exclusive-to-audio story from BBC Audio featuring the Eighth Doctor. It was read by Dan Starkey.
Publisher's summary
It's the late 1890s, and newspaper journalist James MacFarlane is on the trail of a supernatural entity. He's joined in his investigations by a mysterious stranger, who calls himself the Doctor and professes to know a lot about vampires.
As gangs of locals gather zombie-like on the city's streets, James and the Doctor find themselves on a dangerous trail to find the truth. What links the secretive Lord and Lady Elmhurst to local events? What strange force is luring ordinary men and women to a local quarry? The Doctor soon realises that the answers lie in his own past...
Plot
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Characters
References
- Bowships were designed to fire huge lumps of metal through the heart of a Great Vampire.
Notes
- The audio story Damaged Goods similarly shows the Seventh Doctor learning of the Torchwood Institute. In TV: Army of Ghosts, the Tenth Doctor claims that he had never heard of Torchwood.
- The story was reissued in the audio anthology Tales of Time and Space.
Continuity
- Agnes Mclare was found dead in Stockbridge. (COMIC: Stars Fell on Stockbridge, AUDIO: Castle of Fear, et al.)
- James MacFarlane guesses that Gallifrey is in Ireland. (TV: The Hand of Fear, et al.)
- The Doctor says he became a qualified doctor in Edinburgh around this time. (TV: The Moonbase, Tooth and Claw)
- The Doctor notes that lifeforms were larger during the Dark Times, (PROSE: River of Time) and that during this time his people had not just one war (TV: State of Decay, PROSE: The Pit) but several. (PROSE: Sky Pirates!, et al.)
- The Doctors says that surviving Great Vampires hid beneath planetary surfaces (PROSE: Interference, TV: Inferno) or in "strange little pockets of space". (PROSE: The Pit, The Book of the War)
- The Doctor finds cryptic references to Torchwood in the files at the Edinburgh Herald, intending to look into them in the future. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, Tooth and Claw, et al.)
- The Doctor explains to James the history of Bowships. (TV: State of Decay, et al.)
External links
- Official The Scent of Blood page at Penguin Books
