The Stones of Venice (audio drama)
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 was repeated on the same channel beginning on 22 October 2006 and on 19 September 2007. This was Michael Sheard's final appearance in Doctor Who, before his death on 31 August 2005.
| The Stones of Venice | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | 'Doctor Who' |
| Release no. | 18 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard |
| Written by | Paul Magrs |
| Directed by | Gary Russell |
| Produced by | Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Executive producer(s) | Jacqueline Rayner |
| Production code | 8D |
| Length | 1 hour 51 mins |
| Release date | March 2001 |
Cast
- The Doctor — Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard — India Fisher
- Orsino, a Duke — Michael Sheard
- Churchwell, a curator – Nick Scovell
- Ms Lavish, an elderly lady — Elaine Ives-Cameron
- Pietro, a gondolier — Barnaby Edwards
- Vincenzo, a High Priest — Mark Gatiss
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.
- Although it was the third to be released, this was the first Eighth Doctor audio drama to be recorded and therefore marked Paul McGann's return to the role for the first time since the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and India Fisher's first performance as Charley Pollard.
Working Titles
- My Last Duchess
External links
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