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based on the long-running British

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''.

Plot

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Cast

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* The Brigadier –

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*Mrs Moynihan –

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*Philip Ludgate –

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*Professor Morgan –

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*Sir Archibald Flint –

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*Nikki Hunter – Helen Goldwyn *Pelagia Stamatis – Helen Goldwyn *Captain Ashforde –

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*Corporal Croft – Helen Goldwyn

Notes

*During the original run of ''Doctor Who'' (1963–1989), Nicholas Courtney appeared opposite all of the Doctors except the Sixth. This audio fixes that omission. (Technically, they also meet—albeit briefly—in ''

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''.) Courtney later appeared with the

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in ''

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'', and with

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actor

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in ''

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'' and '' UNIT: The Wasting'' (although Tennant was not playing The Doctor in these plays).

References

Several characters are mentioned by Emilia Rumford in Part Two of the televised story The Stones of Blood. Lexington-Smith is referenced and it may be assumed that Idwal Morgan, Professor of Megalithic Archaeology, is the character in this audio play. Lanyon Moor also turns up in the opening moments of the first Tomorrow People audio.

External links

Big Finish Productions – ''The Spectre of Lanyon Moor''
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