100 (audio drama)
100 is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It consists of four one-part stories by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial, all involving the number 100 in some way. All episodes feature the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker and Evelyn Smythe played by Maggie Stables.
100 | |
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Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
Series | Doctor Who |
Release no. | 100 |
Featuring | Sixth Doctor Evelyn Smythe |
Written by | Jacqueline Rayner Robert Shearman Joseph Lidster Paul Cornell |
Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
Production code | 7CMC |
Release date | September 2007 |
Main cast
100 BC
- This story is set in Rome in 100 BC and involves the parents of Julius Caesar.
- Gaius Julius Caesar — Will Thorp
- Aurelia — Lucy Paterson
- Midwife — Susan Brown
My Own Private Wolfgang
- This story involves an abnormally prolonged life of Mozart.
- Mozart/Butler/Guest — John Sessions
Bedtime Story
- This story involves an unusual curse befalling an even more unusual family.
- Jacob — Will Thorp
- Old Jacob— Frank Finlay
- Talia — Martha Cope
- Mary — Susan Brown
- Julia — Lucy Paterson
- Patrick — Alex Mallinson
The 100 Days of the Doctor
By Paul Cornell
- This story concerns the Doctor preventing an assassination attempt on himself.
- Assassin — Nicholas Briggs
Continuity
In the final story, The Doctor visits various aspects in Big Finish's Doctor Who range. These include the Fifth Doctor with Peri and Erimem, the Seventh Doctor with Ace and Hex, the Eighth Doctor with Charley, C'rizz and Lucie, the Bernice Summerfield adventures, and the Unbound stories. The Doctor says he has already met his next incarnation, possibly a reference to The Sirens of Time.
Cast notes
Will Thorp also appeared in the 2006 television episodes The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit as Toby Zed.
Story notes
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn break the fourth wall in episode 4, "100 Days of the Doctor"