Creatures of Beauty was the forty-fourth in Big Finish's monthly series. It featured the Fifth Doctor, as played by Peter Davison, and Nyssa, as played by Sarah Sutton.
Publisher's summary
A planetary ecological disaster... An incurable, disfiguring, genetic disease... Aliens, in breach of galactic law...
Nyssa, under arrest... The TARDIS, inoperable... The Doctor, facing interrogation...
Another situation of dire peril is unfolding for the Doctor and his companion. However, what if it is not clear who is right and who is wrong? Who is ugly and who is beautiful?
Where does the story begin, and where does it end?
Sometimes, it is all a matter of perspective.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Gilbrook - David Daker
- Brodlilk - David Mallinson
- Lady Forleon - Jemma Churchill
- Murone - Philip Wolff
- Veline - Emma Manton
- The Koteem - Nicholas Briggs
References
- The TARDIS emits a warp distortion field.
- The planet Veln is surrounded by Diestrium pollution.
- The Koteem are an arthropod race from just past Andromeda.
Notes
- This story isn't so much a temporal paradox, but the Doctor does begin the events in a backwards way before getting involved properly.
- David Daker (Gilbrook) previously played Irongron in DW: The Time Warrior and Captain Rigg in DW: Nightmare of Eden.
- This audio drama was recorded on 22 and 24 March 2003.
- A comic preview of this story was printed in DWM 331.
Continuity
- Nyssa mentions visiting Alaska in 1964 and 1994. (BFA: The Land of the Dead)
Timeline
- Creatures of Beauty occurs after ST: Confabula.
- Creatures of Beauty occurs before ST: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life.
External links
- Official Creatures of Beauty page at bigfinish.com
- Creatures of Beauty at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Creatures of Beauty at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide