Animal (audio play)
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| Animal | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories |
| Release number | 13 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Ace Raine Creevey |
| Writer | Andrew Cartmel |
| Director | Ken Bentley |
| Executive producer | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | BFPDWLS13 |
| Release date | 30 June 2011 |
Animal is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Plot
The Doctor and UNIT investigate a science laboratory at Margrave University, 2001.
Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Raine Creevey - Beth Chalmers
- Brigadier Winifred Bambera - Angela Bruce
- Henrick/Metatraxi - John Banks
- Scobie - Anthony Lewis
- Willa - Dannielle Brent
- Percy - Alex Mallinson
- Juno - Clare Fraenkel
Continuity
- In the previous story, Crime of the Century, the Doctor encountered defensive government robots built by Margrave University in the 1980s.
- UNIT officer Brigadier Bambera previously appeared with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the 1989 story Battlefield.
Critical reception
Matt Michael reviewed the play favourably for Doctor Who Magazine. Paul Simpson of Sci-Fi Bulletin was more restrained, calling it a "throwback" to the late 1980s. Both the reviewers noted the inclusion of Cartmelisms, particularly animal rights, although Michael found that this was handled more subtly than might have been expected.[1][2]
