Operation Werewolf was the first story release in the eighth series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Jonathan Morris, from the original script by Robert Kitts and Douglas Camfield, and featured Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot.
Publisher's summary[]
The TARDIS has brought the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe to Normandy in France, not in 1066 as intended, but in 1944, three days before the Allies are due to launch the D-Day landings.
Joining forces with French partisans, they learn that the Germans have been conducting secret experiments at a nearby chateau. These experiments form part of a plan that German high command believe will enable them to win the Second World War. The name of that plan? Operation Werewolf.
Plot[]
The Secret Army (1)[]
to be added
The Chateau of Death (2)[]
to be added
Lair of the Werewolf (3)[]
to be added
Friend or Foe (4)[]
to be added
The Village of Lies (5)[]
to be added
Crossfire (6)[]
to be added
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Michael Troughton
- Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
- Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
- Doctor Fergus McCrimmon - David O'Mahony
- Françoise Perrier - Jordan Loughran
- Pierre DuBois - Al Coppola
- Philippe Foiret - Raffaello Degruttola
- SS Gruppenführer Ulrich Schneider - Timothy Blore
- Professor Hans Richter - Branko Tomović
- Hauptsturmfüher Leni Bruckner - Leonie Schliesing
- Sir Aubrey Fanshaw-Smith - Michael Higgs
- Jules Perrier - Stéphane Cornicard
- Kommandant Kurt Müller / Sheldon Murchison - Dale Rapley
- Hillary Marner - Ali Bastian
- Various - Dimitri Gripari
Crew[]
- Music & Sound Design - Jamie Robertson
- Writers - Robert Kitts & Douglas Camfield, adapted by Jonathan Morris
- Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
- Cover Art - Georgie O'Boy
- Producer & Director - David O'Mahony
- Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Script Editor - John Dorney
Worldbuilding[]
- The Doctor has set the co-ordinates for the TARDIS to arrive in Normandy 1066 so that they can witness the departure of William the Conqueror.
- The Doctor is keen to see William the Conqueror and suspects that the Bayeux Tapestry contains a number of factual errors.
- When captured, the Doctor hopes for breakfast, asking for two eggs and a slice of bacon.
- When the Doctor is brought in for questioning, he doesn't have identify papers but is found to be carrying various items of confectionary (dolly mixtures), a magnifying glass, buttons, pins and an item that is unidentifiable by the Kommandant Kurt Müller. The Doctor states it is his screwdriver.
Notes[]
- This story was recorded on 23-24 and 26 January 2024 at the Soundhouse.
- This is the first World War Two related audio story of the Second Doctor's not to feature the companion set-up of Jamie, Ben and Polly.
- Characters speak with Winston Churchill, over the phone, but he does not directly appear or receive dialogue.
Continuity[]
- When Zoe asks Jamie how he knows about railways, he states that he seen has them underground (TV: The Web of Fear) and at "Vaughan's place" (TV: The Invasion).
- Jamie refers to an aeroplane as a "flying beastie" (TV: The Faceless Ones).
- The Doctor compares Richter's project to Mavic Chen's molecular dissemination experiment (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) while Jamie and Zoe are reminded of T-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Brian Hayles, Doctor Who season 6 (BBC1, 1969).) The two experiments were related. (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown [+]John Peel, adapted from The Daleks' Master Plan and Mission to the Unknown (TV story), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1989).)
- Sir Aubrey hid his affiliations with the BUF when the war began, avoiding imprisonment under the Treason legislation. Other known and outspoken fascists were arrested, including Oswald Mosely (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Terrance Dicks, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).), George Ratcliffe, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Ben Aaronovitch, Doctor Who season 25 (BBC1, 1988).) and Davenport Finch. (AUDIO: Operation: Hellfire [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
- Jamie believes Fergus cannot be a direct descendent of his because he has no children, although the Doctor advises him not to dismiss the idea. After being returned to his native time, Jamie got married to Kirsty McLaren and had many children and grandchildren. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Pete McTighe, Tales of the TARDIS (BBC iPlayer, 2023).)
- The Doctor speaks with Winston Churchill, describing himself as the short one with the recorder. His current incarnation first taught the young Churchill Latin, (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill [+]Mark Gatiss, The Brilliant Book 2011 (The Brilliant Book 2011 short stories, BBC Books, 2010).) and met him again in 1915. (PROSE: Players [+]Terrance Dicks, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)
External links[]
- Official Operation Werewolf page at bigfinish.com
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