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On the [[beach]], [[lighthouse keeper]] [[Silas Keynes]] and his [[dog]], [[Buster (The Ravencliff Witch)|Buster]], find a family of dead [[dolphin]]s. [[Margaret Hopwood]], who is looking for [[driftwood]] for a new [[sculpture]], sees them and notes that sea life has been washing up dead since the power station opened. She heads home and finds Silas' daughter [[Amanda Keynes|Amanda]] waiting for her and again refuses to sell her house to [[Gordon Miles]] and leave [[Ravencliff]] despite the increased offer.
On the [[beach]], [[lighthouse keeper]] [[Silas Keynes]] and his [[dog]], [[Buster (The Ravencliff Witch)|Buster]], find a family of dead [[dolphin]]s. [[Margaret Hopwood]], who is looking for [[driftwood]] for a new [[sculpture]], sees them and notes that sea life has been washing up dead since the power station opened. She heads home and finds Silas' daughter [[Amanda Keynes|Amanda]] waiting for her and again refuses to sell her house to [[Gordon Miles]] and leave [[Ravencliff]] despite the increased offer.


[[Celia Banks|Dr Celia Banks]] and [[John Fairweather]] inform Miles of Vic Harris' disappearance and present his tape, but Miles is loath to contact the [[police]] despite [[Michael Harper]] from security vanishing earlier that month. In both cases, [[shadow]]s have been etched into the walls.
[[Celia Banks|Dr Celia Banks]] and [[John Fairweather]] inform Miles of Vic Harris' disappearance and present his tape, but Miles is loath to contact the [[police]] despite [[Michael Harper]] from security vanishing earlier that month. In both cases, [[shadow]]s have been etched into the walls. Later, Miles has Amanda look over the quarterly reports despite the fact her working day was coming to an end and her colleague, [[Mavis (The Ravencliff Witch)|Mavis]], is killed by the same entity that killed Harris.


The Doctor meets Margaret and learns of the power station, the beached dolphins and the [[Ravencliff witch]] that everybody has been seeing.
The Doctor meets Margaret and learns of the power station, the beached dolphins and the [[Ravencliff witch]], whom she saw two days before learning of [[Margaret Hopwood's father|her father]]'s death at [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]]. They investigate a light in the water by [[boat]] and the Doctor discovers, using [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], that there is a void in [[spacetime]] below them. A [[whirlpool]] forms and the boat capsizes.
 
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=== Part two ===
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* [[Buster (The Ravencliff Witch)|Buster]] is a [[dog]].
* [[Buster (The Ravencliff Witch)|Buster]] is a [[dog]].
* [[Michael Harper]] worked in security.
* [[Michael Harper]] worked in security.
* The power station uses [[novium]].
* There was a [[Dominican]] [[monastery]] in Ravencliff in the [[10th century]].
* The Doctor compares the witch to a [[banshee]].
* Margaret mentions [[Medusa]], [[Grendel]]'s [[Grendel's mother|mother]] and [[Kali]].
* Miles offers to take Amanda to a new [[bistro]] in [[Folkestone]].
* Miles forgets [[Mavis (The Ravencliff Witch)|Mavis]]'s name.
* Margaret cannot [[swimming|swim]].
* Amanda has two [[sugar]]s in her [[tea]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 20:23, 6 November 2022

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The Ravencliff Witch was the second story of the eleventh series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Nerys Hughes as Margaret Hopwood.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS lands in Ravencliff, a small town on the English coast that stands in the shade of a newly built power station. And that just happens to be haunted.

Every now and then a spectral figure is glimpsed on the beach - the Ravencliff witch. And every time she appears, it's the prelude to disaster.

The Doctor has to solve the mystery of her appearances if he wants to prevent a catastrophe. But he won’t have to do it alone – as he has the help of Margaret Hopwood, a renowned sculptor destined to play a big part in his life.

Plot

Part one

At Ravencliff Power Station, Vic Harris records himself as he goes to deal with a minor leakage. He replays the tape when he hears a strange noise and, when he sees a light and starts hearing whispers, he goes to investigate and sees something impossible. He screams.

The TARDIS' instruments give no indication of where it has landed or what the environment like, so the Doctor exits and finds that he is near a coast on Earth. He goes to a nearby house but hurries back to the TARDIS when he hears it start to dematerialise, keeping it from leaving him behind.

On the beach, lighthouse keeper Silas Keynes and his dog, Buster, find a family of dead dolphins. Margaret Hopwood, who is looking for driftwood for a new sculpture, sees them and notes that sea life has been washing up dead since the power station opened. She heads home and finds Silas' daughter Amanda waiting for her and again refuses to sell her house to Gordon Miles and leave Ravencliff despite the increased offer.

Dr Celia Banks and John Fairweather inform Miles of Vic Harris' disappearance and present his tape, but Miles is loath to contact the police despite Michael Harper from security vanishing earlier that month. In both cases, shadows have been etched into the walls. Later, Miles has Amanda look over the quarterly reports despite the fact her working day was coming to an end and her colleague, Mavis, is killed by the same entity that killed Harris.

The Doctor meets Margaret and learns of the power station, the beached dolphins and the Ravencliff witch, whom she saw two days before learning of her father's death at Passchendaele. They investigate a light in the water by boat and the Doctor discovers, using his sonic screwdriver, that there is a void in spacetime below them. A whirlpool forms and the boat capsizes.

Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

References

Notes

Alternate cover.

Continuity

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External links

Footnotes