''Black and White'' is a

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based on the long-running British

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series ''

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''.

Plot

The search for the Doctor continues. The Black TARDIS brings Ace and Aristedes to the setting of the classic, epic, Anglo-Saxon poem, ''

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''. The White TARDIS brings Hex and Sally to the same location, but sixteen years later.

Cast

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Sophie Aldred Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962) is an English actress and television presenter. She has worked extensively in children's television as a presenter and voice artist. She played the Seventh Doctor's companion, Ace, in the television series ''Do ...

* Hex –

Philip Olivier Philip Lawrence Borg-Olivier (born on 4 June 1980) is a British actor, model and stage performer best known for playing the role of Tim "Tinhead" O'Leary in the soap opera ''Brookside''. Career Olivier's first role was in 1995 in the Channe ...

* Captain Aristedes –

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* Private Sally Morgan-

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* Garundel – Stuart Milligan * Young Beowulf –

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* Old Beowulf –

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– James Hayward

Continuity

*Aristedes was first heard in the 2010 story, ''

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'', where she was working for The Forge, just before its destruction. *Sally met the Doctor in the 2011 story ''

House of Blue Fire ''House of Blue Fire'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It contains a four-part story. Plot The Master of Bluefire House welcomes his guests: *No 18 – ...

''. She also features in ''Project: Nirvana'', alongside Captain Aristedes. *The exterior of the TARDIS was rendered white during the events of the 2009 story, ''

The Angel of Scutari ''The Angel of Scutari'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Plot In the Crimea, 1854, Hex meets his hero, Florence Nightingale. Cast *Seventh Doctor – ...

''. It remained as such in the stories, ''Project: Destiny'', ''

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'', ''

Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge ''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot In 1934, off the coast of Alaska, a mysterious four-year-old island is stirring. Wi ...

'' and ''

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''. *Ace and Hex discovered that the Doctor was missing at the start of the previous story, ''Protect and Survive''. *The TARDIS with the black exterior was inexplicably seen in a trilogy of solo Seventh Doctor stories, ''

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'', ''

The Doomsday Quatrain ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish ...

'' and ''House of Blue Fire'', which, for the Doctor, take place between ''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge'' and ''Protect and Survive''. It is also in ''Project: Nirvana'', which takes place just before ''Black and White''. *Aristedes recalls unheard adventures with the Doctor and Sally, fighting Elder Gods such as The Animus (encountered by the

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in the television story ''

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'') and

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(encountered by the

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in the television stories ''

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'' and ''

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''). She also mentions The Mi’en Kalarash, which Sally fought in ''House of Blue Fire''. Ace recalls her encounter with

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in the audio ''

The Magic Mousetrap ''The Magic Mousetrap'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Plot The Doctor meets an old enemy in 1926 Switzerland at an exclusive sanatorium in the Alpi ...

''. *The Fast Return Switch was used in the 1964 First Doctor television story, ''

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''. It has also featured in Big Finish audios such as '' Seasons of Fear'' and ''

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''. *The Doctor is heard in several scenes that take place at other points in time. He is heard obtaining the Black TARDIS, just after the events in Alaska in ''Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge''. He is then heard taking it on its first three trips, (''Robophobia'', ''The Doomsday Quatrain'' and ''House of Blue Fire''). He is also heard recruiting Sally, in a scene taken from the end of ''House of Blue Fire''. And he is heard recruiting Captain Aristedes, just after ''House of Blue Fire''.

Notes

*Stuart Milligan previously played U.S. President

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in the 2011

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television episodes, ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as Emerson Whytecrag in ''

''. *An alternative cover was first released, to conceal the inclusion of the characters Sally and Aristedes. The actual cover was not revealed until just before the audio's release.

External links

Big Finish Productions – Black and White

References

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