Casualties of War (audio story)

Casualties of War was the third story in the audio anthology, Forty-Five, which comprised the one hundred and fifteenth release in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Mark Michalowski and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Philip Olivier as Hex.

Publisher's summary
Opportunity knocks in postwar London. But when a tea leaf steals from the wrong woman it becomes a race against time to discover the truth. Only some truths are best left untold.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Hex - Philip Olivier
 * Joey Carlisle - Paul Reynolds
 * May - Linda Marlowe
 * Audrey Dudman / Miss Merchant - Beth Chalmers
 * PC Miller - Andrew Dickens

Worldbuilding

 * Hex has never heard of VE Day.

Continuity

 * The Doctor told Ace and Hex about the Forge following the Charnage Hospital incident in 1917. (AUDIO: No Man's Land)
 * Ace previously met her mother Audrey Dudman as a baby in Maiden's Point in 1943. On this occasion, she meets her as a toddler. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
 * During these events, while Nobody No-One was pursuing the Doctor, (AUDIO: The Word Lord) he regenerated under mysterious circumstances. Nobody hid in the Forge research facility, where his ship disguised itself as their catchphrase, "For King and Country". (AUDIO: A Death in the Family)
 * The Truthsayers are later used by the Doctor's future companions Lysandra Aristedes (AUDIO: Project: Nirvana) and Sally Morgan. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters)