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|image = <gallery> | |||
The Angel of Scutari cover.jpg|A | |||
The Angel of Scutari Cover (Day 8-12 Days of Big Finish Special Offer).jpg|B | |||
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number= 122 | | |range = Main Range | ||
doctor= | |number in range = 122 | ||
companions= [[Ace]] | |number = 122 | ||
enemy= | | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
setting= [[Scutari]] and [[ | |companions = [[Ace]], [[Hex]] | ||
writer= | |enemy = [[Bartholomew Kitchen]] | ||
director= [[Ken Bentley]] | | |setting = [[Scutari]] and [[Sevastopol]], [[Uskudar]], the [[Crimean Peninsula]], the [[Russia|Russian Empire]]; [[17 October]]-[[19 November]]; [[25 September]]-[[2 October]] [[1854]] | ||
|writer = Paul Sutton | |||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |||
release date= | |producer = [[David Richardson]] | ||
format= | |music = [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]] | ||
production code= 7W/L | | |sound = Toby Hrycek-Robinson | ||
isbn=ISBN 978-1-84435-410-8 | | |cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | ||
|epcount = 4 | |||
next story= [[The Company of Friends | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
}} | |release date = June 2009 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | |||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7W/L]] | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-410-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-669-6 (digital) | |||
|series = ''[[Main Range]]'' stories | |||
|prev = Enemy of the Daleks (audio story) | |||
|next = Benny's Story (audio story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[Main Range]]'' releases | |||
|prev2 = Enemy of the Daleks (audio story) | |||
|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 == | ||
[[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. | [[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]]... | 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 [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] lost in the siege of [[ | 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. | ||
==Cast== | == Plot == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy ]] | ''to be added'' | ||
== Cast == | |||
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | |||
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | * [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
* [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | * [[Hex]] - [[Philip Olivier]] | ||
* Sir [[Sidney Herbert]]/[[ | * Sir [[Sidney Herbert]] / [[Tsar Nicholas I]] - [[Hugh Bonneville]] | ||
*[[Florence Nightingale]] - [[Jeany Spark]] | * [[Florence Nightingale]] - [[Jeany Spark]] | ||
*[[William Russell (The Angel of Scutari)|William Russell]]/Russian | * [[William Russell (The Angel of Scutari)|William Russell]] / [[Russian dungeon guard]] - [[John Paul Connolly]] | ||
* Brigadier-General [[Bartholomew Kitchen|Bartholomew | * Brigadier-General [[Bartholomew Kitchen|Bartholomew 'Barly' Kitchen]] - [[Alex Lowe]] | ||
*[[Nikolayevich Tolstoy|Lev Tolstoy]]/Preston - [[John Albasiny]] | * [[Nikolayevich Tolstoy|Lev Tolstoy]] / [[Preston (The Angel of Scutari)|Preston]] - [[John Albasiny]] | ||
* Sir [[Hamilton Seymour]] - [[Sean Brosnan]] | |||
== 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 === | |||
* Hex is still reeling from the events that he witnessed on [[Bliss (planet)|Bliss]] with the [[Dalek]]s. | |||
* Hex is shot with a [[musket]]. | |||
* Ace and Lev ride [[horse]]s when Ace escapes en route to prison. | |||
=== Locations === | |||
* After Hex is shot, the Doctor sets the TARDIS for [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]]. | |||
=== Species === | |||
* Ace has previously encountered the [[Killoran]]s. | |||
=== TARDIS === | |||
* Cannon fire activates [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[Hostile Action Displacement System]]. | |||
* The Doctor uses his TARDIS key and some of Ace's [[blood]] to build a device to home in on her. | |||
=== Technology === | |||
* 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"> | |||
File:The Angel of Scutari cover.jpg|Cover on the official ''The Angel of Scutari'' page and used in general publicity. | |||
File:The Angel of Scutari Cover (Day 8-12 Days of Big Finish Special Offer).jpg|Cover from the 'Day 8/12 Days of Big Finish Special Offer' article. | |||
File:The Angel of Scutari Preview Comic.JPG|Illustration from [[DWM 409]] by [[Rob Davis]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===[[ | == Notes == | ||
* | * This audio release also included the third episode of ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'' "[[The Three Companions (audio story)#The Gathernaut (3)|The Gathernaut]]". | ||
* | * This story is a "[[pure historical]]" featuring no science fiction elements apart from the presence of the Doctor, Ace, Hex and the TARDIS. | ||
* | * 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]]. | ||
* | * An illustrated preview of this story by [[Rob Davis]] was published in [[DWM 409]]. | ||
* Another version of this story's cover was used in Big Finish's article 'Day 8/12 Days of Big Finish Special Offer'. It is more saturated than the one generally used.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/day-8-12-days-of-big-finish-special-offer1 Day 8/12 Days of Big Finish Special Offer]</ref> | |||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[16 January (production)|16]] and [[17 January (production)|17 January]] [[2009 (production)|2009]] at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":0">'Backstage' tab of [https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-angel-of-scutari-288 the official ''The Angel of Scutari'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com].</ref> | |||
* This story takes place after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]].<ref name=":0" />'' | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The cubby hole above the "P" where the spare key to the TARDIS is located was first shown to exist in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] in [[October]] [[1854]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') | |||
* Ace previously rode a horse on [[Cheetah World]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | |||
* At a later point during his seventh incarnation, the Doctor returned to 1854 when he travelled to the home of Professor [[Michael Faraday]] in [[London]] in order to seal one end of an unstable time space corridor which had been accidentally created by his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] on the Vault of Stellar Curios centuries in the future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'') | |||
== | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-angel-of-scutari-288|The Angel of Scutari}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|who_bf122.htm|The Angel of Scutari}} | |||
* | * {{tetrap|7/angelofscutari.html|The Angel of Scutari}} | ||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
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