Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio story)

, or The Lass that Lost a Sailor, is Big Finish Productions' first musical audio story. It has a score inspired by Gilbert and Sullivan songs.

Publisher's summary
All aboard, me hearties, for a rip-roaring tale of adventure on the high seas!

There'll be rum for all and sea shanties galore as we travel back in time to join the valiant crew of the good ship Sea Eagle, braving perils, pirates and a peripatetic old sea-dog known only as the Doctor!

Gasp as our Gallifreyan buccaneer crosses swords with the fearsome Red Jasper, scourge of the seven seas and possessor of at least one wooden leg! Thrill as Evil Evelyn the Pirate Queen sets sail in search of buried treasure, with only a foppish ship's captain and an innocent young cabin boy by her side! Marvel at the melodious mayhem which ensues as we sail the ocean blue!

And wonder why Evelyn still hasn't realised that very few stories have happy endings...

Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
 * Jem - Dan Barratt
 * Sally - Helen Goldwyn
 * Jasper - Bill Oddie
 * Emmanuel Swan - Nicholas Pegg
 * Mr. Merryweather - Mark Siney
 * Mate/Sailor/Pirate - Timothy Sutton

Species

 * In the Doctor's song he mentions: Daleks, Quarks, Cybermen, Mavic Chen, Tobias Vaughn, Autons, Axons, Dæmons, Krotons, Monoids, Vampires, Voords, Hecate, Manussa, Dulkis, Skonnos, and Tigella.

Continuity

 * The Doctor does not like to talk about the Great Fire of London in September 1666. (DW: The Visitation)
 * The Doctor refers to his encounters with the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Quarks (DW: The Dominators), Mavic Chen (DW: The Invasion), the Vikings (DW: The Time Meddler), the Autons (DW: Spearhead from Space, DW: Terror of the Autons), the Axons (DW: The Claws of Axos), Azal (DW: The Dæmons), the Krotons (DW: The Krotons), the Monoids (DW: The Ark), the Vampires (DW: State of Decay) and the Voords (DW: The Keys of Marinus) as well as Hecate (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend). He also mentions that he saved the planets Manussa (DW: Snakedance, BFA: The Cradle of the Snake), Dulkis (DW: The Dominators), Skonnos (DW: The Horns of Nimon) and Tigella (DW: Meglos).

Timeline

 * The Pirates occurs after BFA: Jubilee
 * The Pirates occurs before ST: Old Boys