Doctor Who - Eighth Doctor Adventures - 2.3

Rating		Votes
10	1%	1
9	6%	7
8	18%	21
7	23%	27
6	32%	38
5	16%	19
4	4%	5
3	1%	1
2	0%	0
1	0%	0
Average Rating 6.5
Votes 119

Synopsis

The TARDIS deposits its crew on Earth in San Francisco, 1906. There they find an actor-manager desperate to stage his definitive production of King Lear. But a real storm is headed their way when he becomes the possessor of a mysterious psychic ?Gift? which is hungry for power and intent on wreaking havoc and destruction. But exposure to so much psychic activity has the Doctor becoming increasingly erratic. Can he battle his demons and save the world?

Has Prerequisite Story

81 out of 88 (92.0%) raters say this story requires a previous story.

Extended Ratings

Plot

6.3

(78)

Acting

7.3

(77)

Effects

7.2

(69)

Replay

6.1

(71)

8th Doctor

Doom Coalition 2

Liv Chenka

San Francisco, California

Doom Coalition 2

6.9

2.1 - Beachhead

7.4

2.2 - Scenes from Her Life

6.5

2.3 - The Gift

6.7

2.4 - The Sonomancer

6.9

Set Average Rating

Cast

Paul McGann (The Doctor)

Nicola Walker (Liv Chenka)

Hattie Morahan (Helen Sinclair)

Alex Kingston (River Song)

Rebecca Night (Matilda Gregson)

Julia Hills (Phillipa Gregson/Dispatch)

Kirsty Besterman (Ishtek/Lilly)

Andrew Dickens (Voord Guard/Police Sergeant/Mr Rogers)

Emma Cunniffe (Caleera)

Vincent Franklin (Lord Stormblood)

Jacqueline King (Lady Sepulchra)

Hamish Clark (Swordfish)

James Jordan (Charles Virgil McLean)

Paul Marc Davis (Pep? Gonzalez)

Cory English (Sam Sonora)

Laura Harding (Ethel Halliday/Mariam)

Enzo Squillino Jnr (Aldo Deluca)

Derek Ezenagu (Ruslan/Ivo)

Janet Fullerlove (Yeva/Wife)

John Banks (Husband/Guard/Mineworker/Galactic Heritage/Shopkeeper) and Mark Bonnar as The Eleven.

Director:

Ken Bentley

Writer:

Marc Platt

Available From:

Big Finish