The Wishing Beast & The Vanity Box
| The Wishing Beast & The Vanity Box | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 97 |
| Featuring | Sixth Doctor Mel Bush |
| Written by | Paul Magrs |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 7C/V |
| Release date | July 2007 |
The Wishing Beast and "The Vanity Box" are Big Finish Productions audio dramas based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Keeping the standard four-episode count of a Big Finish main range release, this release includes The Wishing Beast as a three-episode story and single-episode story "The Vanity Box", together.
The Wishing Beast[]
The Doctor and Mel investigate the mysterious Wishing Beast on an isolated asteroid.
Cast[]
- The Doctor – Colin Baker
- Mel – Bonnie Langford
- Maria – Jean Marsh
- Eliza – Geraldine Newman
- Mildew – Sean Connolly
- Daniel – Toby Sawyer
- Wishing Beast – Toby Longworth
- Female Ghost –
"The Vanity Box"[]
The Doctor investigates mysterious goings on at a beauty salon.
Cast[]
- The Doctor — Colin Baker
- Mel — Bonnie Langford
- Nesta —
- Winnie — Christine Moore
- Bessy —
- Monsieur Coiffure — Toby Longworth
Continuity[]
- "The Vanity Box" continues the "Virus Strand" story arc, which started in the previous one-episode stories "Urgent Calls" and "Urban Myths" and culminates in "Mission of the Viyrans".
- Jean Marsh has previously appeared in Doctor Who in The Crusade, The Daleks' Master Plan (as Sara Kingdom) and Battlefield, and has reprised the role of Sara Kingdom for the Companion Chronicles range.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2007 audio plays
- Sixth Doctor audio plays
- Plays by Paul Magrs