The Doomwood Curse (audio story)

The Doomwood Curse is the second story to feature Charlotte Pollard paired with the Sixth Doctor. It is also the first Doctor Who audio story to feature the Grel a species first introduced in audio-form in Oh No It Isn't!, the first story ever produced by Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary
Curses and tombs, revenge from beyond the grave - and Dick Turpin!

England, 1738. On the trail of a lost book, the Doctor and Charley arrive at the beautiful country estate of Sir Ralph and Lady Sybil. But all is far from idyllic. There’s a murderer on the loose, and the nearby woods are the haunt of the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin.

And that’s not all. Something else has journeyed here. Something that could destroy the very fabric of reality. The Doctor and Charley have just forty-eight hours to solve the mystery before the whole world succumbs to The Doomwood Curse.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Charley Pollard - India Fisher
 * Dick Turpin - Nicky Henson
 * John - Jonathan Firth
 * Eleanor - Hayley Atwell
 * Sir Ralph - Trevor Cooper
 * Lady Sybil - Geraldine Newman
 * Susan - Daisy Douglas
 * Molly - Suzie Chard

Production errors

 * Charley Pollard is referred to in this story and others as bein fair-haired, but this story's cover art portrays her as a brunette without explanation.

Continuity

 * Charley has just joined the Sixth Doctor on his travels after parting ways with the Eighth. (BFA: The Girl Who Never Was)
 * The Grel first appeared in BFA: Oh No It Isn't!.

Timeline

 * The Doomwood Curse occurs after BFA: The Condemned
 * The Doomwood Curse occurs before BFA: Brotherhood of the Daleks