''The Curse of Davros'' is a
Big Finish Productions audio drama
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based on the long-running British
science fiction television
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series ''
Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on
BBC Radio 4 Extra from 25 June to 2 July 2016.
Plot
Davros
Davros () is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was created by screenwriter Terry Nation, originally for the 1975 serial ''Genesis of the Daleks''. Davros is a major enemy of the se ...
has developed
mind swapping technology. He instructs his Daleks to implement it in the year 1815, at the
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armie ...
.
Cast
*
The Doctor –
Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series '' The Brothers'' from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ''Docto ...
*
Flip Jackson
Philippa "Flip" Jackson is a fictional character played by Lisa Greenwood in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She is a companion of t ...
–
Lisa Greenwood
*
Davros
Davros () is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was created by screenwriter Terry Nation, originally for the 1975 serial ''Genesis of the Daleks''. Davros is a major enemy of the se ...
–
Terry Molloy
Terry Molloy (born 4 January 1947) is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his work on radio and television, especially his portrayal of Davros, creator of the Daleks, in the BBC television science fiction series '' Doctor Who''.
C ...
*Jared –
Ashley Kumar
Ashley Kumar (born 1986) is an England, English actor perhaps best known for portraying the recurring character List of characters from EastEnders, Todd Taylor in popular United Kingdom, British soap opera ''EastEnders''. His father is an Indian ...
*
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
–
Jonathan Owen
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* Jonathan (name), a masculine given name
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* ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
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* ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...
*Captain Pascal –
Rhys Jennings
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It is pronounced ...
*The
Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish soldier and Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Uni ...
–
Granville Saxton
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*
Marshal Ney
Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one o ...
–
Robert Portal
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*Captain Dickson –
Christian Patterson
*
The Daleks
''The Daleks'' (also known as ''The Mutants'' and ''The Dead Planet'') is the second Serial (radio and television), serial in the British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadca ...
–
Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dal ...
Continuity
*The
Second Doctor
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also participates in the Battle of Waterloo in the novel ''
World Game
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'', when he has to prevent his enemies, the time-travelling Players, from altering the outcome of the battle.
References
External links
''The Curse of Davros''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curse of Davros, The
2012 audio plays
Sixth Doctor audio plays
Davros audio plays
Dalek audio plays
Napoleonic Wars in fiction
Cultural depictions of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Cultural depictions of Napoleon
Works about the Battle of Waterloo
Fiction set in 1815
Fiction set in 2012