The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)
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The Butcher of Brisbane was the third story in the 2012 Fifth Doctor audio trilogy.
Publisher's summary
Adopting the alias of Weng-Chiang, the 51st century war criminal Magnus Greel will one day arrive in Victorian London by Time Cabinet – only to meet his doom, his plans undone by the Time Lord known as the Doctor.
The Doctor never believed he'd meet Greel again. But when a TARDIS trip to companion Tegan's home town goes wrong, the Doctor ends up in the younger Greel's heyday – in a world on the brink of all-out war.
With the Doctor at the mercy of Greel's alien associate Findecker and his army of mutations, Tegan is about to learn just why they called Greel 'The Butcher of Brisbane'…
Plot
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Cast
- Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Tegan - Janet Fielding
- Turlough - Mark Strickson
- Magnus Greel - Angus Wright
- Dr Sa Yy Findecker - Rupert Frazer
- Ingrid Bjarnsdottir/Stewardess - Felicity Duncan
- Ragan Crezzen - Daniel Weyman
- Sasha Dialfa/Kaori - Daisy Ashford
- Eugene Duplessis/Chops/Guard/Reporter/Autovoice - John Banks
- Mr Sin - Alex Mallinson
References
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Notes
- Angus Wright (Magnus Greel) previously played Mister Dread in SJA: The Vault of Secrets.
- Daisy Ashford (Sasha Dialfa) previously played Lizzie Harcourt in BFA: The Renaissance Man. She is the daughter of Caroline John and Geoffrey Beevers.
- This story is both a sequel and a prequel to DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
- This audio drama was recorded on 19 and 20 January 2012.
Continuity
- This is the second time that the Fifth Doctor has faced an old enemy in their early days. The first was Morbius in PDA: Warmonger. Both characters were first encountered by the Fourth Doctor and both were originally played by Michael Spice.
- The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan previously spent several days on holiday in Brisbane in 1983 after defeating Father Thane and the Elite on Florana. (BFA: The Elite, BFA: Hexagora) Later in his personal timeline, the Doctor would return to Brisbane on 22 September 2006 where he was unexpectedly reunited with Tegan, approximately 22 years after she had left the TARDIS following an encounter with the Daleks in London in 1984. (BFA: The Gathering)
Timeline
For the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough
- The Butcher of Brisbane occurs after BFA: The Jupiter Conjunction
For Magnus Greel
- The Butcher of Brisbane occurs after BE: Under Reykjavik
- The Butcher of Brisbane occurs before DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
External links
- Official The Butcher of Brisbane page at bigfinish.com
