Demon Quest

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Demon Quest
Doctor Who audio play
Doctor Who Demon Quest.jpg
Cover of the CD box set release
Cast
Production
Written by Paul Magrs
Produced by Kate Thomas
Series2
Running time5 episodes
60 minutes each
First broadcast2 September –
2 December 2010
(CD release)
Chronology
 Preceded by
Hornets' Nest
Followed by 
Serpent Crest

Demon Quest is an audio play in five episodes based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It is written by Paul Magrs, and stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates. It was released on five CDs by BBC Audiobooks between September and December 2010 and is a sequel to 2009's Hornets' Nest . They feature multiple actors, but all five episodes contain some degree of narration by different characters. It was first broadcast in 10 half-hour episodes on BBC Radio 4 Extra from 19 to 30 December 2016. [1]

Contents

Demon Quest

The Relics of Time

(released 2 September 2010)

Cast

The Demon of Paris

(released 7 October 2010)

Cast

A Shard of Ice

(released 4 November 2010)

Cast

Starfall

(released 2 December 2010)

Cast

Sepulchre

(released 2 December 2010)

Cast

  • The Doctor – Tom Baker
  • Mrs Wibbsey – Susan Jameson
  • Captain Mike Yates – Richard Franklin
  • The Demon – Nigel Anthony
  • Elderly Ernestina – Carole Boyd

Crew

Continuity

Notes

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References

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