The Doomwood Curse (audio story)

The Doomwood Curse
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	The Grel
Main setting:	The Archive of Alexandria IV England, 1738
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Jacqueline Rayner
Director:	Barnaby Edwards
Post production:	Martin Johnson
Cover by:	Grant Kempster
Release details
Release number:	111
Release date:	August 2008
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	7C/PB
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-820-0
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The Doomwood Curse was the one hundred and eleventh monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was the the second story to feature Charlotte Pollard paired with the Sixth Doctor. It is also the first Doctor Who story to feature the Grel, a species introduced in audio form in AUDIO: Oh No It Isn't!, the first story ever produced by Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary

Curses and tombs, revenge from beyond the grave - and Dick Turpin!

England, 1738. On the trail of a lost book, the Doctor and Charley arrive at the beautiful country estate of Sir Ralph and Lady Sybil. But all is far from idyllic. There's a murderer on the loose, and the nearby woods are the haunt of the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin.

And that's not all. Something else has journeyed here. Something that could destroy the very fabric of reality. The Doctor and Charley have just forty-eight hours to solve the mystery before the whole world succumbs to The Doomwood Curse.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Dick Turpin - Nicky Henson
• John - Jonathan Firth
• Eleanor - Hayley Atwell
• Sir Ralph - Trevor Cooper
• Lady Sybil - Geraldine Newman
• Susan - Daisy Douglas
• Molly - Suzie Chard

References

to be added

Notes

Illustrated preview from DWM 398. Illustration by Brian Williamson.

• This is the first appearance of the Grel in Doctor Who itself. All of the previous appearance occurred in the Bernice Summerfield novel and audio drama series.
• Nicky Henson (Dick Turpin) previously played Pieter Stubbe in AUDIO: Loups-Garoux and would later play Gregson Grenville in AUDIO: Deimos.
• Hayley Atwell (Eleanor) previously played Asha in AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks and would later play Seksa in AUDIO: The Whispering Forest.
• An illustrated preview by Brian Williamson appeared in DWM 398 for this story.
• Charley Pollard is referred to in this story and others as being fair-haired, but this story's cover art portrays her as a brunette without explanation.
• This audio drama was recorded on 21 and 22 May 2008 at The Moat Studios.

Continuity

• Charley has only recently joined the Sixth Doctor on his travels after parting ways with the Eighth Doctor in AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was and joining the Sixth on her first adventure in AUDIO: The Condemned.
• The Grel first appeared in PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!.

External links

• Official The Doomwood Curse page at bigfinish.com
• The Doomwood Curse at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• DisContinuity for The Doomwood Curse at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide