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A Perfect World (audio Drama)
''A Perfect World'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It is a one part story which was released along with '' Time Reef'', the story which precedes it. Plot Thomas Brewster requests a trip to the year 2008 and the Doctor obliges, little knowing that Brewster has been there before during the time he had "borrowed" the Doctor's TARDIS. Brewster's prior encounter with a young woman called Connie seems to have had a strange effect on the world, causing perfection to be the norm. Now the Doctor and his companions must discover what has caused this to happen and how can they put things right. Cast * The Doctor — Peter Davison * Nyssa — Sarah Sutton * Thomas Brewster – John Pickard *Connie – Rebecca Callard *Phil – Nicholas Farrell *Taz – Beth Chalmers *Trev – Sean Connolly Continuity *Brewster decides to leave the TARDIS at the end of this adventure, wanting to experience real lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', '' Blake's 7'', '' Dark Shadows'', ''Dracula'', '' Terrahawks'', '' Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Stargate'', ''The Avengers'', '' The Prisoner'', '' Timeslip'' and '' Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story '' The Sirens of Time' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davison
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's '' All Creatures Great and Small'' stories. Davison's subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms ''Holding the Fort'' (1980–1982) and '' Sink or Swim'' (1980–1982), the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (1981–1984), Dr. Stephen Daker in '' A Very Peculiar Practice'' (1986–1988) and Albert Campion in '' Campion'' (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in '' At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in '' The Last Detective'' (2003–2007) and Henry Sharpe in '' Law & Order: UK'' (2011–2014). Early life Davison was born to Claude and Sheila Moffett in Streatham, London. Claude was originally from British Guiana ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Audio Plays
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The Crimes Of Thomas Brewster
''The Crimes of Thomas Brewster'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra from 28 May – 4 June 2016. Plot In modern-day London, Detective Inspector Patricia Menzies is investigating a strange new mob boss known as the Doctor. Meanwhile, the real Doctor is being chased by giant robot mosquitoes and Evelyn Smythe is taking the tube to an alien world. Cast * The Doctor – Colin Baker * Evelyn Smythe – Maggie Stables * Thomas Brewster – John Pickard *DI Menzies – Anna Hope *Sergeant Bradshaw – Duncan Wisbey *Raymond Gallagher – David Troughton *Jared – Ashley Kumar * Flip Jackson – Lisa Greenwood *Terravores – Helen Goldwyn Continuity *Brewster, a Victorian era urchin, stole the TARDIS from the Fifth Doctor in ''The Haunting of Thomas Brewster''. After reuniting, they briefly travelled together, until Brewster chose to stay in modern-da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Baker has continued as the Sixth Doctor in Big Finish Productions, Big Finish's range of original ''Doctor Who'' audio adventures. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Extraterrestrials in popular culture, alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who Time travel in fiction, travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regeneration (Doctor Who), regenerates; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes. Baker portrays the sixth such incarnation: an arrogant and flamboyant character in brightly coloured, mismatched clothes whose brash and often patronising per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Connolly Sean Connolly ( ga, Seán Ó Congaile) was an Irish republican, socialist and Abbey Theatre actor who took part in the Easter Rising. He was a captain in the Irish Citizen Army and was the first rebel to be killed during the Rising. Early life and family Connolly was born in Sandymount, Dublin in 1882. His father Michael led the Fenians to the battleground at Tallaght during the Fenian Rising in 1867, at the age of 11. He was also involved in the ITGWU. He attended St. Joseph's S |
