The Renaissance Man (audio story)
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The Renaissance Man was the second story in the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.
Publisher's summary
To continue Leela's education, the Doctor promises to take her to the famous Morovanian Museum. But the TARDIS lands instead in a quiet English village, where they meet the enigmatic collector Harcourt and his family.
When people start to die, reality doesn't appear quite what it was. There's something sinister going on within the walls of Harcourt's manor, and the stakes are hisher than they can imagine.
The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Reginald Harcourt - Ian McNeice
- Jephson - Gareth Armstrong
- Christopher Manners - Anthony Howell
- Lizzie Harcourt - Daisy Ashford
- Beryl / Professor Hilda Lutterthwaite - Laura Molyneux
- Dr. Henry Carnforth - John Dorney
References
- The Doctor intends to bring Leela to the Morovanian Museum on Morovania Minor, the greatest collection of Earth artefacts in the universe, to further her education about humanity.
- The Doctor compares himself to the Lone Ranger.
- The plot bears an overall similarity to the episode "The General" from The Prisoner tv series.
Notes
Continuity
- Leela refers to her visit to London in 1889. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Leela mentions that she once fired a revolver at a dragon in the House of the Dragon, Magnus Greel's fortress. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Leela once again refers to policemen as "blue guards" (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, AUDIO: The Foe from the Future) and mentions the surveillance devices used by Xoanon to monitor the Tesh on her native planet (TV: The Face of Evil).
External links
- Official The Renaissance Man page at bigfinish.com
- DisContinuity for The Renaissance Man at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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