The Renaissance Man (audio story)

The Renaissance Man was the second story in the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures.

Synopsis
To continue Leela's education, the Doctor promises to take her to the famous Morovanian Museum. But the TARDIS lands instead in a quiet English village, where they meet the enigmatic collector Harcourt and his family.

When people start to die, reality doesn't appear quite what it was. There's something sinister going on within the walls of Harcourt's manor, and the stakes are hisher than they can imagine.

The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

Cast

 * Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Reginald Harcourt - Ian McNeice
 * Jephson - Gareth Armstrong
 * Christopher Manners - Anthony Howell
 * Lizzie Harcourt - Daisy Ashford
 * Beryl / Professor Hilda Lutterthwaite - Laura Molyneux
 * Dr. Henry Carnforth - John Dorney

Continuity

 * Leela refers to her previous visits to London. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
 * Leela mentions that she once fired a revolver at a dragon in the House of the Dragon, Magnus Greel's fortress in 1889. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
 * Leela refers to policemen as "blue guards" (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, BFA: The Foe from the Future) and the surveillance devices used by Xoanon to monitor the Tesh on her native planet (DW: The Face of Evil).

Timeline

 * The Renaissance Man occurs after BFA: Destination: Nerva
 * The Renaissance Man occurs before BFA: The Wrath of the Iceni