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Medicinal Purposes
Series:	Doctor Who - Big Finish Audio Dramas
Release Number:	60
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companions:	Evelyn Smythe
Setting:	Edinburgh, Earth 1827
Writer:	Robert Ross
Director:	Gary Russell
Publisher:	Big Finish
Release Date:	August 2004
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Prod. Code:	7C/L
ISBN:	ISBN 1-84435-098-3
Previous Story:	The Roof of the World
Following Story:	Faith Stealer

Publisher's Summary

Edinburgh, 1827.

The infamous body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are at large. The local prostitutes dull their fear with cheap whisky. The graveyard owls are hooting. Business is good.

When accidental tourists the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe stumble upon one of Britain's most lurid, illuminating chapters in history, a simple case of interest in the work of dedicated man of science Doctor Robert Knox, quickly turns sour.

Just what is that time-bending Scots mist? Whatever it is may put the very fabric of the universe under threat...

As always.

Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Evelyn Smythe - Maggie Stables
• Doctor Robert Knox - Leslie Phillips
• Daft Jamie - David Tennant
• Mary Patterson - Glenna Morrison
• William Burke - Kevin O'Leary
• Billy Hare - Tom Farrelly
• Old Woman - Janie Booth

References

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Notes

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Continuity

• Robert Knox reappears in BFA: Assassin in the Limelight.

Timeline

• Medicinal Purposes occurs after ST: The Diplomat's Story
• Medicinal Purposes occurs before ST: Christmas on the Moon

External Links

• Big Finish Medicinal Purposes page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Medicinal Purposes