The Auntie Matter
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| The Auntie Matter | |
|---|---|
Romana I | |
| Written by | Jonathan Morris |
| Directed by | Ken Bentley |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
| Release date | January 2013 |
The Auntie Matter is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.
Plot
The Doctor and Romana are hiding from the
K9) completes multiple random journeys as a diversion. When the Doctor builds a machine to detect energy signals as a warning device, he becomes aware of an alien presence in Hampshire. Meanwhile, Romana has encountered a feckless young aristocratic gentleman, Reginald, and this leads her into an encounter with the same creature, which is posing as the man's Auntie Florence, Lady Bassett. With the maid, Mabel Dobbs, in tow, the Doctor investigates and the two Time Lords
must contend with murderous (but faultlessly polite) robot servants and their pitiless mistress, who preys on young women, and has Romana lined up as the next victim.
Cast
- The Doctor – Tom Baker
- Romana I – Mary Tamm
- Aunt Florence – Julia McKenzie
- Reggie – Robert Portal
- Mabel Dobbs – Lucy Griffiths
- Grenville – Alan Cox
- Ligeia – Jane Slavin
Notes
- This is the first of seven releases reuniting Tom Baker and Mary Tamm as the Fourth Doctor and First Romana. Tamm died in July 2012, but completed all seven productions before her death.[1]
References
- ^ "Fourth Doctor and Romana Cover Revealed". Big Finish Productions. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
