| The Angel of Scutari | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who | 
| Release no. | 122 | 
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor  Ace Hex  | 
| Written by | Paul Sutton | 
| Directed by | Ken Bentley | 
| Production code | 7W/L | 
| Release date | June 2009 | 
The Angel of Scutari is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Plot
In the Crimea, 1854, Hex meets his hero, Florence Nightingale.
Cast
- Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy
 - Ace – Sophie Aldred
 - Hex – Philip Olivier
 - Sir Sidney Herbert / Tzar Nicholas I – Hugh Bonneville
 - Florence Nightingale – Jeany Spark
 - William Russell / Russian DungeonGuard – John Paul Connolly
 - Brigadier-General Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Kitchen – Alex Lowe
 - Sir Hamilton Seymour – Sean Brosnan
 - Lev Tolstoy / Preston – John Albasiny
 
The Three Companions
The Three Companions bonus feature, Part 3.
The Gathernaut by Marc Platt
Cast
- Polly – Anneke Wills
 - Thomas Brewster – John Pickard
 - Gerry Lenz/Announcer – Russell Floyd
 
Continuity
- During this story, the exterior of the TARDIS is rendered white when a cannonball shatters its corporeal shell. It remains white for the next several stories, finally returning to blue in Black and White.
 - The spare TARDIS key hidden behind the "Police Box" P was first revealed in the 1996 TV movie.
 
Cast notes
Hugh Bonneville would later play Captain Avery in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Curse of the Black Spot".[1]
Critical reception
Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael criticised the underuse of both Tolstoy and Nightingale, but found that "its charms outweigh its flaws".[2]
References
- ↑ "The Steven Moffat Doctor Who preview". Radio Times. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
 - ↑ Michael, Matt (9 August 2009). "The DWM Review: The Angel of Scutari". Doctor Who Magazine. Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics (411): 64.
 
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