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{{Infobox Story
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|image= The Angel of Scutari cover.jpg
|image           = The Angel of Scutari cover.jpg
|range          = Main Range
|range          = Main Range
|number in range = 122
|number in range = 122
|number= 122
|number         = 122
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Hex]]
|enemy=  
|enemy           = [[Bartholomew Kitchen]]
|setting= [[Scutari]] and [[Sevastopol]], [[Uskudar]], the [[Crimean Peninsula]], the [[Russia|Russian Empire]]; [[17 October]]-[[19 November]]; [[25 September]]-[[2 October]] [[1854]]
|setting         = [[Scutari]] and [[Sevastopol]], [[Uskudar]], the [[Crimean Peninsula]], the [[Russia|Russian Empire]]; [[17 October]]-[[19 November]]; [[25 September]]-[[2 October]] [[1854]]
|writer= [[Paul Sutton]]
|writer         = Paul Sutton
|director= [[Ken Bentley]]
|director       = [[Ken Bentley]]
|post production= [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|cover=[[Alex Mallinson]]
|music          = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
|publisher= Big Finish Productions
|sound          = Toby Hrycek-Robinson
|release date= [[June (releases)|June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|cover           = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|format= 2 CDs<br/>Download
|epcount        = 4
|production code= [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7W/L]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84435-410-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-669-6 (digital)
|release date   = June 2009
|series=''[[Main Range]]'' stories
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|prev= Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7W/L]]
|next= Benny's Story (audio story)
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-410-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-669-6 (digital)
|series2           = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories
|prev2= Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)
|prev           = Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)
|next2= The Company of Friends (audio anthology)
|next           = Benny's Story (audio story)
|producer = [[David Richardson]]
|series2         = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases
|epcount = 4}}{{audio stub}}
|prev2           = Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and twenty-second story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]].
|next2           = The Company of Friends (audio anthology)
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and twenty-second story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Sutton]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Philip Olivier]] as [[Hex]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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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; [[Hex|Thomas Hector Schofield]]...
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; [[Hex|Thomas Hector Schofield]]...


With the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] lost in the siege of [[Sevastopol]], [[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.
With [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] lost in the siege of [[Sevastopol]], [[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.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* Sir [[Hamilton Seymour]] - [[Sean Brosnan]]
* Sir [[Hamilton Seymour]] - [[Sean Brosnan]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Director - [[Ken Bentley]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Writer - [[Paul Sutton]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Hex is still reeling from the events that he witnessed on [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] with the [[Dalek]]s.
* Hex is still reeling from the events that he witnessed on [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] with the [[Dalek]]s.
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=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* After Hex is shot, the Doctor sets the TARDIS for [[St Gart's Brookside Hospital]].
* After Hex is shot, the Doctor sets the TARDIS for [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
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=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor has a portable [[nuclear generator]] in the TARDIS, which is extremely difficult for one person to move.
* The Doctor has a portable [[nuclear generator]] in the TARDIS, which is extremely difficult for one person to move.
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Angel of Scutari cover.jpg|Original cover art
The Angel of Scutari Preview Comic.JPG|Illustration from [[DWM 409]] by [[Rob Davis]]
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:The Angel of Scutari Preview Comic.JPG|thumb|Illustration from [[DWM 409]].]]
* This audio release also included the third episode of ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' "The Gathernaut".
* This audio release also included the third episode of ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' "The Gathernaut".
* This was the last time that the TARDIS was its traditional blue colour in a Seventh Doctor audio drama released in the main range until the final scene of the audio story ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' in [[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].
* This was the last time that the TARDIS was its traditional blue colour in a Seventh Doctor audio drama released in the main range until the final scene of the audio story ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'' in [[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 January (production)|16]] and [[17 January (production)|17 January]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 January (production)|16]] and [[17 January (production)|17 January]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* An illustrated preview of this story by [[Rob Davis]] was published in [[DWM 409]].
* This story is a "pure historical" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Ace, Hex and the TARDIS.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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