The Scapegoat (audio story)

The Scapegoat was the fifth release of the third series of The New Eighth Doctor Adventures.

Publisher's summary
"Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the Theatre des Baroque!"

Oh, but if you think you’ve seen and heard all that Paris by night has to offer... the exotic sights of Le Moulin Rouge, perhaps, or the horror tricks of Le Grand Guignol... if you think nothing could cause your mouth to dry and your heart to pound... you're wrong.

Ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs – not forgetting our honoured guests from the Gestapo – tonight, it is my privilege to present to you the star of the Theatre des Baroque! A man who has died on stage near ten thousand times! The Most Assassinated Man in the World… Max Paul!

And joining him, in a playlet we call 'The Executioner's Son' – from Blackpool, England: the enchanting Lucie Miller!

Ah, la belle Lucie. She's got no idea what she's let herself in for. Heh. Should you feel faint, or nauseous – never fear. Tonight, we have a Doctor in the house!

Just pray he lasts ’til the interval...

Cast

 * The Doctor - Paul McGann
 * Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
 * Mother Baroque - Samantha Bond
 * Major Treptow - Clifford Rose
 * Doc Baroque - Christopher Fairbank
 * Max Paul - Paul Rhys
 * Leutnant - Thorston Manderlay
 * Helene - Beth Chalmers

The Doctor

 * The Doctor says he has changed eight times since leaving Gallifrey originally. However, this would make him the Ninth rather than the Eighth Doctor.

Continuity

 * The Second Doctor previously visited Vichy France in the company of Polly Wright, Ben Jackson and Jamie McCrimmon in February 1944. (CC: Resistance)
 * The Doctor refers to his time on Orbis. (BFA: Orbis)

Timeline

 * The Scapegoat occurs after BFA: Wirrn Dawn
 * The Scapegoat occurs before BFA: The Cannibalists