The Doomwood Curse

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The Doomwood Curse
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series Doctor Who
Release no.111
Featuring Sixth Doctor
Charley Pollard
Written by Jacqueline Rayner
Directed by Barnaby Edwards
Executive producer(s) Nicholas Briggs
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code7C/PB
Release dateAugust 2008

The Doomwood Curse is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

The Doctor and Charley arrive at a country estate in England in 1738 on the trail of a lost book, where besides a murderer who's on the loose, and the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin, something else, that could destroy the very fabric of reality itself, has journeyed there. The Doctor and Charley must solve the mystery before the whole world succumbs to it.

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References

  1. "Audio Drama Review Doctor Who – The Doomwood Curse". Sci-Fi Online.
  2. "The Doomwood Curse". Doctor Who Reference Guide.
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