Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)

Ghosts of Winterborne
Main character(s):	Elizabeth Shaw
Featuring:	Preternatural Research Bureau
Main setting:	Winterborne School, England
Key crew
Publisher:	BBV Productions
Writer:	Mark Gatiss
Director:	Bill Baggs
Producer:	Bill Baggs
Release details
Release date:	1996
Format:	60 minute, VHS
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Synopsis

The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.

But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.

Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.

But how do you fight a shadow from hell?

Plot

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Cast

• Liz Shaw - Caroline John
• Patricia Haggard - Louise Jameson
• Gavin Purcell - Peter Davison
• Christian - Daniel Matthews
• Margaret Wyndham - Charmian May
• Andrew Powell - Reece Shearsmith
• Max - David Hankinson
• Ian - Nathan Hamlett
• Librarian - Alan Nicholas

Production crew

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References

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Story notes

• Several cast members previous portrayed roles in Doctor Who: Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela), Terry Molloy (Davros; Resurrection of the Daleks to Remembrance of the Daleks), Geoffrey Beevers (The Master in The Keeper of Traken).
• Mark Gatiss would go on to write and act in televised Doctor Who.
• The end credits list Mrs. Wyndham's first name as Barbara, rather than her on-screen name of Margaret. However, Mrs. Wyndham's deceased twin sister, Ms. Taploe, was also named Barbara.
• This is Caroline John's last on-screen appearance as Liz Shaw. However, John would return to the role on audio for The Companion Chronicles series, beginning in 2007 with The Blue Tooth, up until her death in 2012 with The Last Post. In these stories, Liz Shaw relates a tale from the past from the present day. The character also appeared in the New Adventures novel Eternity Weeps, set in 2003, and supposedly died, however was still alive by 2010. (TV: Death of the Doctor).

Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

• This story is set some months after HOMEVID: The Devil of Winterborne, with Davison, Matthews and Shearsmith reprising their roles as Gavin Purcell, Christian and Andrew Powell from that story. This story expands on themes from that video, with a flashback to Christian's 18th century predecessor and the use of clips from that story.

DVD, video, and Other releases

Originally released on home video in 1996, it was reissued on DVD in 2012, available from Galaxy 4.

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  2012 DVD

External links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Ghosts of Winterborne
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Ghosts of Winterborne at The Whoniverse
• Galaxy 4 website