The Stones of Venice (audio drama)

The Stones of Venice
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	'Doctor Who'
Release no.	18
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard
Written by	Paul Magrs
Directed by	Gary Russell
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	8D
Length	1 hour 51 mins
Release date	March 2001

The Stones of Venice is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was broadcast on BBC 7 in four weekly parts starting on 1 October 2005, and was repeated on the same channel beginning on 22 October 2006 and on 19 September 2007. This was Michael Sheard's final appearance in Doctor Who, before his death on 31 August 2005.

Cast

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard — India Fisher
• Orsino, a Duke — Michael Sheard
• Churchwell, a curator – Nick Scovell
• Ms Lavish, an elderly lady — Elaine Ives-Cameron
• Pietro, a gondolier — Barnaby Edwards
• Vincenzo, a High Priest — Mark Gatiss

Notes

• The names of some of this play's characters are derived from romantic works of fiction. "Duke Orsino" is from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Mrs. Lavish is from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.
• The play's name is a reference to The Stones of Venice, a collection of essays by John Ruskin from the 1850s.
• Although it was the third to be released, this was the first Eighth Doctor audio drama to be recorded and therefore marked Paul McGann's return to the role for the first time since the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and India Fisher's first performance as Charley Pollard.

Working Titles

• My Last Duchess

External links

• Big Finish Productions – The Stones of Venice
• The Stones of Venice at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Reviews

• The Stones of Venice reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• The Stones of Venice reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide