Death in Blackpool is an audio drama based on the long-running British

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 science fiction television

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Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...

 series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...

.

Plot

The Doctor takes Lucie home to have Christmas with her family, because she has fond memories of past family Christmas events. Unfortunately this will be a different kind of Christmas 2009 - because this one has the Doctor in it.

Cast

• The Doctor
  Doctor (Doctor Who)
  The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
  
   — Paul McGann
  Paul McGann
  Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
  
  
• Lucie Miller
  Lucie Miller
  Lucie Miller is a character in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7 based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
  
   — Sheridan Smith
  Sheridan Smith
  Sheridan Smith is an English actress and singer who is best known for her contributions to the British sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Gavin & Stacey and Benidorm. She has also become a recognised face in West End theatre, where she has appeared in Little Shop of Horrors,...
  
  
• Aunty Pat - Helen Lederer
  Helen Lederer
  Helen Lederer is a Welsh comedienne, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s.-Career:...
  
  
• Billy - David Schofield
  David Schofield (actor)
  David Schofield is an English actor who was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire in 1951. He has appeared in numerous television programmes and feature films during his career.-Early life:...
  
  
• Father Christmas
  Father Christmas
  Father Christmas is the name used in many English-speaking countries for a figure associated with Christmas. A similar figure with the same name exists in several other countries, including France , Spain , Brazil , Portugal , Italy , Armenia , India...
  
   - Jon Glover
  Jon Glover
  Jon Glover is a British actor. He has appeared in various television programmes including Play School, Survivors, the Management consultant in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Casualty, Bodger and Badger and Peak Practice....
  
  
• Natasha/Marika - Harriet Kershaw

Continuity

• Aunty Pat was last heard in The Zygon Who Fell to Earth
  The Zygon Who Fell to Earth
  The Zygon Who Fell to Earth is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.-Plot:...
  
  , where she was played by Lynsey Hardwick.
• According to the Big Finish
  Big Finish Productions
  Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
  
   Podcast (April 2009), this will be the final audio drama to feature Lucie Miller
  Lucie Miller
  Lucie Miller is a character in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7 based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
  
   as a companion of the Eighth Doctor
  Eighth Doctor
  The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann...
  
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External links

• http://www.bigfinish.com/401-Doctor-Who-Death-in-Blackpool Big Finish Productions. 2009.