The Wishing Beast (audio story)

 was the three-part story comprising part of the ninety-seventh release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

This was the second three-part Sixth Doctor audio story and the first to feature Mel as his companion in a three part story.

Publisher's summary
What can it mean when the Doctor and Mel are drawn to an asteroid by a message from the strange, elderly Applewhite sisters? The travellers are promised that they will receive their dearest wishes when they enter the frozen forests of this benighted shard of a world. But the ghosts that haunt this place are desperate to warn the Doctor about the sisters' promises. Only the ghosts know the true nature of the legendary Wishing Beast.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
 * Maria - Jean Marsh
 * Eliza - Geraldine Newman
 * Ghost/Mildew - Sean Connolly
 * Daniel / Ghost Brother - Toby Sawyer
 * The Wishing Beast - Toby Longworth
 * Female Ghost - Rachel Laurence

Crew

 * Cover Art - Simon Holub
 * Director - John Ainsworth
 * Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
 * Music - Andy Hardwick
 * Producer - Sharon Gosling
 * Script Editor - Alan Barnes
 * Sound Design - Gareth Jenkins
 * Written - Paul Magrs

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Mel would later encounter the Wishing Beast at an earlier point of its existence in Salford in 1965. (AUDIO: The Vanity Box)