The Stones of Venice (Doctor Who audio)
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| The Stones of Venice | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 18 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard |
| Writer | Paul Magrs |
| Director | Gary Russell |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) | Jacqueline Rayner |
| Production code | 8D |
| Set between | Sword of Orion and Minuet in Hell |
| Release date | March 2001 |
The Stones of Venice is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was broadcast on BBC 7 in four weekly parts starting on 1 October 2005, and will be repeated on the same channel beginning on 22 October 2006.
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[edit] Plot
The Eighth Doctor and Charley decide to have a little peace and quiet in 16th century Venice — except that he gets the date wrong by about six hundred years and discovers a cursed city about to sink below the water... complete with a Duke who hasn't aged for a hundred years, Amphibian gondoliers, a curator obsessed with his art collection and your typical mad cult leader. Charley isn't impressed...
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard — India Fisher
- Orsino, a Duke — Michael Sheard
- Churchwell, a curator — Nick Covell
- Ms Lavish, an elderly lady — Elaine Ives-Cameron
- Pietro, a gondolier — Barnaby Edwards
- Vincenzo, a High Priest — Mark Gatiss
[edit] Notes
- The names of some of this play's characters are derived from romantic works of fiction. "Duke Orsino" is from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Mrs. Lavish is from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.
- The play's name is a reference to The Stones of Venice, a collection of essays by John Ruskin from the 1850s.
[edit] External links
- Big Finish Productions - The Stones of Venice
- The Stones of Venice at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
[edit] Reviews
- The Stones of Venice reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- The Stones of Venice reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
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