The Holy Terror (audio drama)

The Holy Terror
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	14
Featuring	Sixth Doctor Frobisher
Written by	Robert Shearman
Directed by	Nicholas Pegg
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	SS2
Length	2 hrs 20 mins
Release date	November 30, 2000 [1]
Preceded by	The Shadow of the Scourge
Followed by	The Mutant Phase

The Holy Terror is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was released on November 30, 2000, as a 2-disc set CD and as a double-cassette album. ^{[2] [3]} It is notable for incorporating Frobisher, a regular character from Doctor Who Magazine 's comic strip during the mid-1980s.

Plot

The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher become involved in a power struggle in a mysterious castle, culminating in a bloodbath. The Doctor and Frobisher finds themselves involved with a society which strictly adheres to a complex and apparently illogical set of customs. Drawing inspiration from Shakespearean tragedy as well as exploring unpleasant elements of the father/child relationship and infanticide, this is one of the darker episodes.

This is the first Doctor Who audio story to feature Frobisher.

This episode addresses issues of crime and retribution, self-determinacy, religious extremism and custom.^{[ citation needed ]}

Cast

• The Doctor — Colin Baker
• Frobisher — Robert Jezek
• Captain Sejanus — Dan Hogarth
• Eugene Tacitus — Sam Kelly
• Berengaria — Roberta Taylor
• Livilla — Helen Punt
• Childeric — Peter Guinness
• Pepin — Stefan Atkinson
• Clovis — Peter Sowerbutts
• Arnulf — Bruce Mann
• Sculptor — Robert Shearman ^[2]

Uncredited

• The Child - Sam Kelly
• Woman - Jacqueline Rayner
• Guard - Robert Shearman
• Guard - Gary Russell

Notes

• In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between The Maltese Penguin and The Ratings War .
• The initial "miracle" of identifying a randomly chosen card uses the 3 of Clubs – a reference to Penn & Teller's favorite card to use in such tricks.
• This is the first time that Frobisher, a companion that appears in the comic strips of Doctor Who Magazine, is portrayed in an audio adventure.
• A short "music video" type cue can be found on a bonus track 4 minutes 32 seconds into the final track on Disk 2
• The background to the CD cover is made up of the 1996 TV Movie TARDIS set.

References

1. "Amazon.co.uk: The Holy Terror (Doctor Who): Books: Robert Shearman". www.amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
2. "014. Doctor Who: The Holy Terror - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
3. "Amazon.co.uk: The Holy Terror (Doctor Who): Books: Robert Shearman". www.amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2025.

External links

• Big Finish Productions – The Holy Terror