Doctor Who and the Pirates

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Big Finish Productions audio play
Album cover
Doctor Who and the Pirates
Series Doctor Who
Release number 43
Featuring Sixth Doctor
Evelyn Smythe
Writer Jacqueline Rayner
Director Barnaby Edwards
Producer(s) Gary Russell
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s) Jacqueline Rayner
Production code 7CH
Set between Jubilee and
Real Time
Release date April 2003

Doctor Who and the Pirates (Or The Lass That Lost A Sailor) is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is also the first musical story in the series' history.

Contents

[edit] Plot

The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn confront the feared pirate captain Red Jasper, and the Doctor sings "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer..."

[edit] Cast

  • The Irrepressible Cavalier Hero The Doctor! — Colin Baker
  • The Daring Damsel Associate Evelyn Smythe! — Maggie Stables
  • Lovable Cabin Boy Jem! — Dan Barratt
  • Tragic Student, Sally! — Helen Goldwyn
  • Red Jasper, Scourge of the High Seas! — Bill Oddie
  • The Foppish Captain, Emmanuel Swan! — Nicholas Pegg
  • The Ruthless Mr. Merryweather! — Mark Siney
  • The Mate/Sailor/Pirate! — Timothy Sutton

[edit] Notes

  1. The various songs use substituted lyrics in tunes from various Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. These include: "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" based on the "Major General's Song", "An assassin's lot is not a happy one" on the "Policeman's Chorus", both from The Pirates of Penzance, and "I'm Jasper's man" on "I am so proud" from The Mikado.

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Sixth Doctor audio dramas
Slipback • Wish You Were Here • Vigil • The Sirens of Time • Whispers of Terror • The Marian Conspiracy • The Spectre of Lanyon Moor • The Apocalypse Element • The Holy Terror • Bloodtide • Project: Twilight • The One Doctor • The Ratings War • Excelis Rising • The Maltese Penguin • ...ish • Real Time • The Sandman • Jubilee • Doctor Who and the Pirates • Project: Lazarus • Davros • Zagreus • The Wormery • Arrangements for War • Medicinal Purposes • Her Final Flight • The Juggernauts • Catch-1782 • Thicker than Water • Cryptobiosis • Pier Pressure • The Nowhere Place • The Reaping • Year of the Pig • I.D. & Urgent Calls • The Wishing Beast & The Vanity Box • 100 • The Condemned • Assassin in the Limelight • The Doomwood Curse • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Blue Forgotten Planet