Puccini and the Doctor (audio story)
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Puccini and the Doctor was the first story in the audio anthology Deadly Strangers, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matthew Jacobs, being the first script for Doctor Who he’d written since the Movie which initially introduced the Eighth Doctor in 1996. The story featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, India Fisher as Charley and Jaye Griffiths as Audacity.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Inspired by his friends, the Doctor takes Charley and Audacity to Milan to meet Puccini and hear the music of love.
But the Doctor is not the only alien entranced by humanity. The mysterious Tura is setting riddles, and for those who answer, the experience is transformative...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charlotte Pollard - India Fisher
- Lady Audacity Montague - Jaye Griffiths
- Princess Tura - Tania Rodrigues
- Giacomo Puccini - Tim McInnerny
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- In an earlier incarnation the Doctor met Puccini at his deathbed who told him about the role of a future Doctor in inspiring Madame Butterfly.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions a doctor he knows who’d kill to meet Puccini, and then reflects that she did in fact kill him, alluding to Grace Holloway and her role in the death of Seventh Doctor as depicted in TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Puccini and the Doctor page at bigfinish.com
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