The Angel of Scutari (audio story)

The Angel of Scutari (audio story)

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The Angel of Scutari
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ace Hex
Main setting:	Scutari and Sebastopol, Uskudar, the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Empire, Earth, 25 September to 19 November 1854
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Paul Sutton
Director:	Ken Bentley
Producer:	Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Release details
Release number:	122
Release date:	June 2009
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	7W/L
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-410-8

Publisher's summary

October 1854: As the British Army charges into catastrophe in the Crimea, the Minister for War sends Miss Florence Nightingale to take charge of the field hospital at Scutari.

But there's already an angel of mercy working with the wounded at Scutari. A first-rate fellow who's turned up out of the blue. Goes by the name of Schofield; Thomas Hector Schofield...

With the Doctor and Ace lost in the siege of Sebastopol, Hex has rediscovered his calling. But there's cannon to the left of him, cannon to the right of him - and a deranged spycatcher-in-chief on his case.

Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace - Sophie Aldred
• Hex - Philip Olivier
• Sir Sidney Herbert/Tzar Nicholas I - Hugh Bonneville
• Florence Nightingale - Jeany Spark
• William Russell/Russian DungeonGuard - John Paul Connolly
• Brigadier-General Bartholomew ‘Barly’ Kitchen - Alex Lowe
• Lev Tolstoy/Preston - John Albasiny

References

• Hex is still reeling from the events he witnessed on Bliss with the Daleks.
• Hex is shot with a musket.
• Ace and Lev ride horses when Ace escapes en route to prison.
• After being shot, the Doctor sets the TARDIS for St Gart's Hospital.
• The Doctor has a portable nuclear generator in the TARDIS, which is extremely difficult for one person to moe.

TARDIS

• Cannon fire activates the TARDIS' Hostile Action Displacement System.
• After being shot, the exterior of the TARDIS is separated from its interior. The blue police box shell washes up at Scutari and is used for firewood.
• There is a spare key to the TARDIS in the cubby hole behind the P in 'Police box'. (DW: Doctor Who)
• The Doctor uses his TARDIS key and some of Ace's blood to build a device to home in on her.

Notes

• This story also included episode 3 'The Gathernaut' of The Three Companions.

Continuity

• This takes place almost immediately after BFA: Enemy of the Daleks.
• The cubby hole above the "P" where the spare key to the TARDIS was seen in DW: Doctor Who (1996).
• The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade in October 1854. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)

Timeline

• The Angel of Scutari occurs after BFA: Enemy of the Daleks
• The Angel of Scutari occurs before BFA: Project Destiny

External links

• Official The Angel of Scutari page at bigfinish.com
• The Angel of Scutari at the Doctor Who Reference Guide