Forty-five (audio drama)
Forty-five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the play released at the forty-fifth anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who, it is made of four one-part stories, by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial. All episodes featured the Seventh Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy, Ace played by Sophie Aldred and Hex played by Philip Olivier.
| Forty-five | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Release no. | 115 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Ace Hex |
| Written by | Mark Morris Nick Scovell Mark Michalowski Steven Hall |
| Directed by | Ken Bentley |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | 7W/H |
| Release date | November 2008 |
Main cast
- Sylvester McCoy — The Doctor
- Sophie Aldred — Ace
- Philip Olivier — Hex
False Gods
by Mark Morris
Thebes, Egypt, 1902. Howard Carter discovers the history of Userhat, servant of the god Amun.
- Benedict Cumberbatch — Howard Carter
- Lucy Adams — Jane Templeton
- Paul Lincoln — Robert Charles
- Jon Glover — Creodont
- Paul Lincoln — Robot
Order of Simplicity
by Nick Scovell
Mind control experiments are uncovered on a remote planet.
- Jon Glover — Dr Verryman
- Lucy Adams — Mrs Crisp
- Benedict Cumberbatch — Thing 2
- Paul Lincoln — Thing 1
Casualties of War
by Mark Michalowski
Hex and Ace's pasts are pried on VE Day in London.
- Paul Reynolds — Joey Carlisle
- Linda Marlowe — May
- Beth Chalmers — Audrey
- Beth Chalmers — Miss Merchant
- Andrew Dickens — PC Miller
The Word Lord
by Steven Hall
In 2045, in a secret bunker in the Antarctic, the Doctor meets the Word Lord.
- Linda Marlowe — Commander Claire Spencer
- Paul Reynolds — Nobody No-One
- Andrew Dickens — Captain James Hurst
- Paul Lincoln — Private Fenton
- Beth Chalmers — System
Continuity
- Ace's mother was last in the TV story The Curse of Fenric. Hex's mother was killed by the Forge in Project: Lazarus.
- Nobody No-One returns in A Death in the Family. Having regenerated, he is played by Ian Reddington.