The Suffering (audio story)

The Suffering
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Vicki Pallister Steven Taylor
Main setting:	Piltdown, East Sussex and London, England, UK, 1912
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Jacqueline Rayner
Release details
Release number:	4.07
Release date:	February 2010
Production code:	BFPDWCC27
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-463-4

The Suffering was a February 2010 entry in The Companion Chronicles series by Big Finish Productions, starring Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS materialises in England in the year 1912, a time of great social change. The Suffragette movement is lobbying for votes for women, and the skull of the so-called ‘missing link’ has been discovered in Piltdown.

While Vicki falls victim to a strange influence, the Doctor and Steven investigate the fossilised remains. The Suffering has been unleashed. Can the travellers survive its rage?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
• Vicki Pallister - Maureen O'Brien

References

to be added

Notes

• This audio drama was recorded on 2 and 6 October 2009.

Continuity

• Steven would later visit London again in 1966. (CC: The Perpetual Bond)

Timeline

• The Suffering occurs after: CC: Frostfire
• The Suffering occurs before: DW: The Three Doctors

External links

• The Suffering at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• Official The Suffering page at bigfinish.com