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=== [[:Category:Literature from the real world|Literature]] ===
=== [[:Category:Literature from the real world|Literature]] ===
* The Doctor superstitiously refers to ''[[Macbeth]]'' as "the Scottish Play."
* The Doctor superstitiously refers to ''[[Macbeth]]'' as "the Scottish Play."
* Dr. Knox refers to ''{{w|Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde}}'' by {{w|Robert Louis Stevenson}}.
* Dr. Knox refers to ''{{w|Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde}}'' by {{w|Robert Louis Stevenson}}, who would not be born until the [[1850s]]. The Doctor realised that he mentioned the novel as a test for Evelyn whom he correctly believed may be another time traveller.


=== [[:Category:Earth locations|Earth locations]] ===
=== [[:Category:Earth locations|Earth locations]] ===

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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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Literature

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Notes

Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 347.

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