''Medicinal Purposes'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.

Plot

Edinburgh, 1827. Body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are on the loose while the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe, Evelyn take an interest in the work of Robert Knox, Dr Robert Knox.

Cast

*The Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor – Colin Baker *Evelyn Smythe – Maggie Stables *Doctor Robert Knox – Leslie Phillips *Daft Jamie – David Tennant *Mary Patterson – Glenna Morrison *Burke and Hare murders, William Burke – Kevin O'Leary *William Hare (murderer), Billy Hare – Tom Farrelly *Old Woman – Janie Booth

Continuity

Knox meets the Doctor and Evelyn again in ''Assassin in the Limelight''.

Notes

This is one of the last stories, and the last ''Doctor Who'' story, that David Tennant would record for Big Finish before being cast as the Tenth Doctor. After leaving the TV series, Tennant was cast as Burke and Hare murders, William Burke in the film ''Burke and Hare (2010 film), Burke and Hare'', based on the historical murders, but left the film before it began production.

References

External links

Big Finish Productions – ''Medicinal Purposes''
2004 audio plays Sixth Doctor audio plays Fiction set in 1827 {{DoctorWho-stub