- Year of the Pig
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title=Year of the Pig
series=Doctor Who
number=90
featuring=Sixth Doctor Peri
writer=Matthew Sweet
director=Gary Russell
producer=Gary RussellJason Haigh-Ellery
executive_producer=none
production_code=6YA
set_between="Timelash " and "Revelation of the Daleks "
length=2 hr 23 mins
date=December 2006|"Year of the Pig" is a
Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who .Plot
The
Sixth Doctor and Peri, vacationing at the Hotel Palace Thermae in 1913Ostend , encounter several mysterious guests: the eccentric Miss Alice Bultitude, the colourful Inspector Alphonse Chardalot and, last but not least, Toby the Sapient Pig. What is Toby's secret? What is the connection between the well-dressed pig and the celebrated Parisian inspector? What does Miss Bultitude know? And are there any more of thosetruffle s left?Cast
*The Doctor —
Colin Baker
*Peri —Nicola Bryant
*Nurse Albertine —Adjoa Andoh
*Toby the Sapient Pig —Paul Brooke
*Inspector Chardalot —Michael Keating
*Miss Alice Bultitude —Maureen O'Brien Notes
*Maureen O'Brien played the
First Doctor 's companionVicki on "Doctor Who" on television. "Year of the Pig" marks her first acting return to "Doctor Who" since she left the programme in 1965.
*Adjoa Andoh played Sister Jatt, one of the Sisters of Plenitude in the 2006 "Doctor Who" episode "New Earth ". She later playedFrancine Jones , mother of theTenth Doctor 's companionMartha Jones , in the 2007 series.
*Michael Keating is best-known for his role asVila Restal in the BBC science-fiction series "Blake's 7 ". He also appeared in the Fourth Doctor serial "The Sun Makers ".
*A theatrical performer known as Toby the Sapient Pig did in fact exhibit himself in the nineteenth century, and even published an "autobiography". However, he was long dead before the setting of this story.
*Marcel Proust appears in a non-speaking role in this story. The play contains many references to his work "À la recherche du temps perdu ".External links
* [http://www.bigfinish.com/90-Doctor-Who-Year-of-the-Pig Big Finish Productions - "Year of the Pig"]
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