- Dead London
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Big Finish Productions audio play 
Dead London Series Doctor Who Release number New EDAs 2.1 Featuring Eighth Doctor
Lucie MillerWriter Pat Mills Director Barnaby Edwards Executive producer(s) Nicholas Briggs Set between Human Resources and Max Warp Length 1 60-minute episode Release date January 2008 Dead London is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
Contents
Plot
The TARDIS appears in a cluster of Londons from different time periods.
Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Lucie Miller — Sheridan Smith
- Sepulchre — Rupert Vansittart
- Spring-Heeled Sophie — Clare Buckfield
- Clerks - Richard Laing
- Yellow Beryl - Katarina Olsson
Production and Casting
- Katarina Olsson has previously appeared in several Big Finish audio plays including the previous Eighth Doctor audio season as the Headhunter.
- Clare Buckfield was also in the previous season, playing the character Trisha Tomorrow in Horror of Glam Rock. She was also in The One Doctor, alongside the Sixth Doctor. Her twin sister Julie was heard in Return to the Web Planet.
References
- Sepulchre's avatars include the historic Judge Jeffries and Jack Ketch as well as Boudicca's chief druid.
- The people Sepulchre collected from Roman Britain include the lost Legion.
- Lucie refers to the film The Wicker Man.
- The title is taken from a chapter title in H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.
Continuity
- The Doctor makes a brief passing reference to a previous encounter with the Sea Devils.
- The Second Doctor encountered the real Judge Jeffries in The Glorious Revolution.
Radio broadcast
Following its release on CD, Dead London was broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 on the 19th October 2008.
External links
- Big Finish Productions - Dead London
- Dead London on TARDIS Index File, an external wiki
- Dead London at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Eighth Doctor audio dramas Mary Shelley The Company of Friends: Mary's Story • The Silver Turk • The Witch from the Well • Army of DeathCharley Pollard Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Living Legend • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was • SolitaireCharley Pollard & C'rizz The Creed of the Kromon • The Natural History of Fear • The Twilight Kingdom • Faith Stealer • The Last • Caerdroia • The Next Life • Terror Firma • Scaredy Cat • Other Lives • Time Works • Something Inside • Memory Lane • AbsolutionLucie Miller Blood of the Daleks • Horror of Glam Rock • Immortal Beloved • Phobos • No More Lies • Human Resources • Dead London • Max Warp • Brave New Town • The Skull of Sobek • Grand Theft Cosmos • The Zygon Who Fell to Earth • Sisters of the Flame / Vengeance of Morbius • Orbis • Hothouse • The Beast of Orlok • Wirrn Dawn • The Scapegoat • The Cannibalists • The Eight Truths / Worldwide Web • Death in Blackpool • Relative Dimensions • Lucie Miller • To the DeathTamsin Drew Other Shada • The Company of Friends • An Earthly Child • Prisoner of the Sun • The Four Doctors • Kleins StoryCategories:- Eighth Doctor audio plays
- Works by Pat Mills
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