Bloodtide
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| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| Bloodtide (radio drama) | |
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| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release number | 22 |
| Featuring | Sixth Doctor Evelyn Smythe |
| Writer | Jonathan Morris |
| Director | Gary Russell |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) | Jacqueline Rayner |
| Production code | 7CD |
| Set between | The Apocalypse Element and Project: Twilight |
| Release date | 23 July 2001 |
Bloodtide is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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[edit] Plot
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn meet Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands where an awakening group of Silurians have horrifying plans for mankind.
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — Colin Baker
- Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables
- Tulok — Daniel Hogarth
- Sh'vak — Helen Goldwyn
- Governor Lawson — Julian Harries
- Emilio — Jez Fielder
- Greta — Jane Goddard
- Charles Darwin — Miles Richardson
- Captain Fitzroy — George Tefler
- Lokan — Jez Fielder
[edit] Notes
- The play features an appearance by an adult Myrka, a type of monster previously seen in the TV serial Warriors of the Deep.
- Darwin and the Doctor make references to other real scientists such as geologist Charles Lyell and naturalist Georges Cuvier. The Doctor warns Darwin to watch out for Alfred Wallace.
- According to this story, humanity (Homo sapiens) are the result of a forbidden breeding program carried out by a renegade Silurian scientist.
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- Bloodtide reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Bloodtide reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
