Animal (audio story)

Animal was the fifth release in the second series of the Big Finish Productions' The Lost Stories range. It was originally written as a TV story for the 27th season of Doctor Who which was unproduced due to the series' cancellation.

It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Raine Creevy, as played by Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Beth Chalmers, as well as the return of Brigadier Winifred Bambera, played by Angela Bruce. This was the first time since Battlefield that she reprised the role.

Publisher's summary
Margrave University in 2001, and Raine Creevy is enjoying her first trip into the future.

For the Doctor, there are mysteries to solve: what are the alien creatures imprisoned in the science labs? And what are the true motives of the student Scobie and his followers?

With enemies on all sides, the Doctor teams up with his old friend Brigadier Bambera and the forces of UNIT in a battle for the future of the whole world.

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Raine Creevy - Beth Chalmers
 * Brigadier Bambera - Angela Bruce
 * Scobie - Anthony Lewis
 * Sgt. Achterberg / Metatraxi / Numlocks - John Banks
 * Willa - Dannielle Brent
 * Percy - Alex Mallinson
 * Juno - Amy Pemberton

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Ace previously met Brigadier Bambera in Carbury in 1997. (TV: Battlefield)
 * Raine's father Markus Creevy had died by 2001. The Doctor and Ace first met him in Moscow in November 1967 (AUDIO: Thin Ice) before being reunited with him in London in October 1989. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century)
 * The Metatraxi Attack Unit Leader refers to the Doctor changing their voice translator. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century)