The Wishing Beast was the three-part story comprising part of the ninety-seventh release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.
This was the second three-part Sixth Doctor audio story and the first to feature Mel as his companion in a three part story.
Publisher's summary
What can it mean when the Doctor and Mel are drawn to an asteroid by a message from the strange, elderly Applewhite sisters? The travellers are promised that they will receive their dearest wishes when they enter the frozen forests of this benighted shard of a world. But the ghosts that haunt this place are desperate to warn the Doctor about the sisters' promises. Only the ghosts know the true nature of the legendary Wishing Beast.
Plot
Part one
After receiving a transmission which gives him a strange feeling, the Doctor materialises the TARDIS near its source, a skull-shaped asteroid with a dangerously high level of radiation, only to decide to ignore it. However, he is intrigued when the transmission comes through as an invitation from sisters Maria and Eliza Applewhite and the TARDIS's readings change, indicating that the asteroid is safe and that there is a house located there. He and Mel run from a ghostly voice after landing on the asteroid and are welcomed by the Applewhites.
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Part two
to be added
Part three
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Maria - Jean Marsh
- Eliza - Geraldine Newman
- Ghost / Mildew - Sean Connolly
- Daniel / Ghost Brother - Toby Sawyer
- The Wishing Beast - Toby Longworth
- Female Ghost - Rachel Laurence
Crew
- Cover Art - Simon Holub
- Director - John Ainsworth
- Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music - Andy Hardwick
- Producer - Sharon Gosling
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
- Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins
- Written - Paul Magrs
Worldbuilding
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Gallery
Original cover art
Textless cover art
Illustrated preview by Martin Geraghty from DWM 384
Notes
- This CD includes two stories. Rather than the two-disc-four-episode format, there are two stories: The Wishing Beast (three parts) and The Vanity Box (one part), which is also a prequel and sequel to The Wishing Beast.
- An illustrated preview was published in DWM 384 by Martin Geraghty.
- This audio drama was recorded on 14 and 17 May 2007 at the Moat Studios.
- This story is set between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.
- This was the first performed three-part Sixth Doctor story since TV: The Two Doctors.
Continuity
- The Doctor and Mel would later encounter the Wishing Beast at an earlier point of its existence in Salford in 1965. (AUDIO: The Vanity Box)