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{{ | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Beast of Orlok cover.jpg | |||
|range = Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series) | |||
|series in range = Series 3 (8DA) | |||
series= [[ | |series number in range = 3 | ||
number= 3.3| | |number in series = 3 | ||
doctor= | |series = ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
companions= [[Lucie Miller]] | | |number = 3.3 | ||
enemy= [[Golem (The Beast of Orlok)|Golem]] | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] | |||
|enemy = [[Zoff]], [[Golem (The Beast of Orlok)|Golem]] | |||
|setting = [[Orlok (The Beast of Orlok)|Orlok]], [[Germany]], [[December]] [[1827]] | |||
producer= | |writer = Barnaby Edwards | ||
publisher= | |director = Barnaby Edwards | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]], Barnaby Edwards | |||
format= 1 CD | | |music = [[Andy Hardwick]] | ||
production code=BFPDWCDMG019 | | |sound = Andy Hardwick | ||
isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-395-8 | | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
prev=Hothouse (audio story)| | |epcount = 2 | ||
next= Wirrn Dawn (audio story) | |cover = [[Simon Holub]] | ||
|release date = 4 - 11 April 2009 | |||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download | |||
|production code = BFPDWCDMG019 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-395-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-750-2 (digital) | |||
|prev = Hothouse (audio story) | |||
|next = Wirrn Dawn (audio story) | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
''' | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Series 3 (8DA)|third series]] of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Barnaby Edwards]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sheridan Smith]] as [[Lucie Miller]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives. | With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives. | ||
With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul | With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul — to Hell you'll go! | ||
[[Germany]], [[1827]]. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore. | [[Germany]], [[1827]]. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore. | ||
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* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] | ||
* [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]] | * [[Lucie Miller]] - [[Sheridan Smith]] | ||
* [[Frau Tod]] - [[Miriam Margolyes]] | * [[Tod|Frau Tod]] - [[Miriam Margolyes]] | ||
* [[Hans Tod]] - [[Samuel Barnett]] | * [[Hans Tod]] - [[Samuel Barnett]] | ||
* [[Teufel|Baron Teufel]] - [[Peter Guinness]] | * [[Teufel|Baron Teufel]] / [[Zoff]]- [[Peter Guinness]] | ||
* [[Otto Pausbacken]] - [[Nick Wilton]] | * [[Otto Pausbacken]] - [[Nick Wilton]] | ||
* [[Judah]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] | * [[Judah]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] | ||
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* [[Lugner]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Lugner]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]] | |||
* Writer & Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]] | |||
* Executive Producer - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]] | |||
* Producers - Barnaby Edwards and [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor and Lucie were trying to get to [[Alton Towers]]. | * The Doctor and Lucie were trying to get to [[Alton Towers]]. | ||
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] has a green switch marked | * [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] has a green switch marked "LTD" — which is used to '''L'''ocate '''T'''he '''D'''octor. | ||
* The Doctor drinks [[ | * The Doctor drinks [[wine]] with Baron Teufel. | ||
* Lucie mentions "[[Titanic]]" and [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | |||
* The Doctor says that he is [[The Doctor's age|900 years old]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Many of the German names are puns. "Tod" is German for "dead" | [[File:The Beast of Orlok.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | ||
* [[ | * Many of the German names are puns. "Tod" is German for "dead," "Teufel" means "devil" and "Pausbacken" means "chubby-cheeks." | ||
* | * This audio drama was recorded on [[14 September (production)|14 September]] [[2008 (production)|2008]] at [[the Moat Studios]]. | ||
* The story was initially released as a download on the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] website on [[4 April (releases)|4]] and [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]], and was later broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]] from [[30 May (releases)|30 May]] to [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. | |||
* [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] asks how she could pilot the [[TARDIS]] to the Doctor if she was "on the iceberg with the TARDIS" while he was "on board the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] with some mincing blonde", coincidentally, the [[Tenth Doctor]] would later be on board a spaceship called [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] with [[Astrid Peth|a blonde woman]]. ([[TV]]: [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]) | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor refers to his former companion, the [[19th century]] author [[Mary Shelley]], with whom he had travelled for several years before meeting [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] | * The Doctor refers to his former companion, the [[19th century]] author [[Mary Shelley]], with whom he had travelled for several years before meeting [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]], and who debuted in the audio drama {{cs|Mary's Story (audio story)}} | ||
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a | * The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a [[Golem (The Art of Destruction)|different kind of golem]] in [[Africa]] in [[2118]] during the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novel {{cs|The Art of Destruction (novel)}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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