Young Winston (audio story)

	Winston Churchill
	Vastra, Eleventh Doctor
	Luis Ortega
	Cuba, 1895 London, 1899
	Big Finish Productions
	Paul Morris
	Ken Bentley
	David Richardson
	Howard Carter
	Steve Foxon
	Tom Webster
	1
	The Churchill Years: Volume Two
	15 February 2018
	1 CD Download 1st of 4 stories
	BFPDWWINST02
	ISBN 978-1-78575-429-6 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78575-430-2 (digital)
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Young Winston was the first story in The Churchill Years: Volume Two. It featured Madame Vastra.

Publisher's summary

London, 1899. After spending time in war zones abroad, Winston Churchill considers a Parliamentary career. But a memento from his visit to Cuba, four years earlier, returns to haunt him. Across the city, the Great Detective has a mysterious caller, all the way from Havana. As ruthless mercenaries wield alien powers, young Winston and Madame Vastra learn they have a mutual friend - an eccentric young man, sporting a bowtie...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
• Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
• Young Winston - Iain Batchelor
• Carmen/Housekeeper - Melody Grove
• Luis Ortega - Owen Aaronovitch
• Reggie/Jorge/Clerk - Leighton Pugh

Worldbuilding

• Carmen sought out Madame Vastra instead of a pathologist and an impresario or Sherlock Holmes of whom she had also heard.

Notes

• The title of the story is a reference to the 1972 film Young Winston.
• This is Vastra's first appearance without Jenny Flint and Strax.

Continuity

• Churchill visited Havana, Cuba in 1895. (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)
• The Eleventh Doctor is described as wearing a purple frock coat. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

External links

• Official The Churchill Years: Volume Two page at bigfinish.com