The Behemoth (audio story)
The Behemoth was the two hundred and thirty-first story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Marc Platt and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and Lisa Greenwood as Flip Jackson.
Publisher's summary
Bath, 1756 – and a very dashing gentleman known only as the Doctor is newly arrived in town, accompanied by his lady friends Mrs Clarke and Mrs Ramon. He’s created a stir among the gentlefolk of Georgian high society – and a stir in the heart of merry widow Mrs Theodosia Middlemint, rumour has it.
They are not the only strangers from abroad causing tongues to wag, however. The mysterious Lady Clara, come from Amsterdam in the company of the noble Captain Van Der Meer, has the whole of Bath agog. Who is she, really? What is she, really?
But there’s something terrible beneath the veneer of Georgian gentility. As awful a horror as the Doctor has ever exposed, hidden inside Balsam’s Brassworks. Something that needs to be brought to light, for the sake of all humanity.
Plot
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Constance Clarke - Miranda Raison
- Flip Jackson - Lisa Greenwood
- Gorembe - Ben Arogundade
- Rev Mr Philip Naylor - Wayne Forester
- Sarah - Diveen Henry
- Titus Craven - Liam McKenna
- Mrs Middlemint - Georgina Moon
- Captain Douwemout Van Der Meer / Nehemiah Hawnch - Giles New
- Sir Geoffrey Balsam - Glynn Sweet
References
- Flip and Constance obtained 18th century dresses from the TARDIS wardrobe.
- Sir Geoffrey compares the Doctor's coat to a detonation in his sister Theodosia's wardrobe.
- The Doctor once danced a cotillion with Jane Austen, whom he describes as "a nifty mover".
- Constance can play the piano.
- The rhinoceros Lady Clara has been touring Europe since 1741.
- Reverend Naylor was a Calvinist.
- Gorembe, Sarah and her brothers were sold into slavery by their king.
- Flip's wedding ring cost Jared a week's pay.
- Constance compares Sir Geoffrey to the Nazis and the other fascists of the universe.
Notes
- This story was recorded at the Moat Studios on 11 and 12 May 2017.
- Like the television stories Black Orchid and The Doctor's Meditation, this story is historical by time period instead of by events.
Continuity
- Flip refers to her wedding. (AUDIO: Quicksilver)
- Constance refers to her father's land in Nyasaland, where she grew up. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
External links
- Official The Behemoth page at bigfinish.com
