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|setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[ | |setting = [[Edinburgh]], c. [[1880s]] | ||
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''to be | [[The TARDIS]] materialises in [[Princes Street Gardens]] in [[Edinburgh]] in the [[19th century]] and [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] and [[Audacity Montague|Audacity]] learn from a [[newspaper]] of a series of inexplicable [[death]]s for which the season has been named the Winter of the Demon. The Doctor visits the [[mortuary]] and disagrees with [[Joe Coghill]]'s death being put down to [[electrocution]] rather than intense heat, believing that he might have disturbed something in the [[tunnel]]s beneath [[Calton Hill]] where he was installing cabling. | ||
Deciding to investigate Coghill's employer, Charley and Audacity go to an [[Edinburgh Power Corporation]] [[party]] with [[Archie McClellan]], [[Captain]] of the [[Scots Guard]]. Audacity meets [[Maggie MacKenzie]], an [[archaeologist]], and Charley manages to charm [[Donald Shaw|Sir Donald Shaw]] into allowing her and her friends to stay at the party despite them not having been invited. | |||
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* [[Joe Coghill]] was the seventh victim. He was a [[labourer]] at the [[Cowgate]] and was installing cabling in a [[tunnel]] beneath [[Calton Hill]] when he died. | |||
* The Doctor describes [[Joseph Bell]] as a man with a forensic mind. | |||
* [[Donald Shaw]] belongs to the [[Edinburgh Power Corporation]]. | |||
* Shaw mentions [[Saturnalia]]. | |||
* The Doctor mentions that he and Romana had seen the Lioness in the National Museum and that she always liked cats. | * The Doctor mentions that he and Romana had seen the Lioness in the National Museum and that she always liked cats. | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 31 December 2023
Winter of the Demon was the third story in the audio anthology In the Bleak Midwinter, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Roy Gill and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard and Jaye Griffiths as Lady Audacity Montague.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS brings the travellers to Victorian Edinburgh. Industrialist Donald Shaw plans to transform the city with electric light, but people are dying, found horribly burned...
What ancient power has Shaw summoned? Can the Doctor prevent the Winter of the Demon?
Plot
The TARDIS materialises in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh in the 19th century and the Doctor, Charley and Audacity learn from a newspaper of a series of inexplicable deaths for which the season has been named the Winter of the Demon. The Doctor visits the mortuary and disagrees with Joe Coghill's death being put down to electrocution rather than intense heat, believing that he might have disturbed something in the tunnels beneath Calton Hill where he was installing cabling.
Deciding to investigate Coghill's employer, Charley and Audacity go to an Edinburgh Power Corporation party with Archie McClellan, Captain of the Scots Guard. Audacity meets Maggie MacKenzie, an archaeologist, and Charley manages to charm Sir Donald Shaw into allowing her and her friends to stay at the party despite them not having been invited.
to be completed
Cast
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charlotte Pollard - India Fisher
- Audacity Montague - Jaye Griffiths
- Sir Donald Shaw - David Robb
- Captain Archie McClellan - John Scougall
- Maggie MacKenzie / Lioness - Lucy Goldie
Worldbuilding
- Joe Coghill was the seventh victim. He was a labourer at the Cowgate and was installing cabling in a tunnel beneath Calton Hill when he died.
- The Doctor describes Joseph Bell as a man with a forensic mind.
- Donald Shaw belongs to the Edinburgh Power Corporation.
- Shaw mentions Saturnalia.
- The Doctor mentions that he and Romana had seen the Lioness in the National Museum and that she always liked cats.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor mentions that the TARDIS lends a hand in translation. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])
- The Cloister Bell tolls. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"])
External links
- Official Winter of the Demon page at bigfinish.com
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