The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)

At St Clarence's Hospital, respected surgeon Sir Edward Scrivener requires the bodies of the dead… At Doctor McDivett's Exhibition of Living Wonders and Curiosities, miracles are afoot... And in Gralstead House, the ghost will walk again. Mordrega has come to Earth...

Plot

to be added

to be added

to be added

to be added

to be added

to be added

Leela wants to pay a visit to Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago but the Doctor tells her that they are about 40 years too early.
The Doctor refers to child labour as one of the worst aspects of the Victorian era.
The Doctor refers to the Hutu and Tutsi tribes of Rwanda.
Abasi is a native of the Congo. Professor Cedric Scrivener brought him back to the United Kingdom in 1851 to work as his servant.
Professor Scrivener's butler Hill served aboard the HMS Temeraire during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
Clementine Scrivener has an aunt in Eastbourne.
Sir Edward Scrivener is the younger brother of Professor Scrivener.
Gralstead House was built by Professor Scrivener's great-great-grandfather Sir Joseph Scrivener in 1733.
Professor Scrivener's late parents were named William and Charlotte.
Hill's son served in the Crimean War.
Professor Scrivener describes Mordrega as "an elephant woman."
Professor Scrivener's wife Jane Scrivener died of malaria in the Congo in 1845.
Abasi was born in 1842.

The Doctor and Leela discuss their previous visit to London in 1889. Leela refers to the Cockney "tribe." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Leela has a limited ability to read English, having been taught by the Doctor. (PROSE: People of the Trees; AUDIO: The Time Vampire, White Ghosts)
Leela once again refers to policemen as "blue guards." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang; AUDIO: The Foe from the Future, The Renaissance Man)
The Doctor reminds Leela that milk goes in second when making tea. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
The Doctor mentions that it has been a long time since he lost a companion. During his first incarnation, Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Oliver Harper were all killed while travelling with him and Steven Taylor. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan; AUDIO: The First Wave)
Sir Edward refers to Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. (AUDIO: Bloodtide)
Leela compares the Congo to her home planet. (TV: The Face of Evil)
Leela gives Abasi several janis thorns. (TV: The Face of Evil)
The Doctor recalls his encounter with Alexander the Great in Babylon in May and June 323 BC during his first incarnation. (AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon)
Leela tells Clemmie that the Doctor once explained dimensional transcendentalism to her. (TV: The Robots of Death)
Immediately after leaving London in 1861, the Doctor and Leela arrived in Sissenden Village in 1588. (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada)