The Rosemariners

The Rosemariners
The Rosemariners
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who: The Lost Stories
Release no.	22
Featuring	Jamie ; Zoe
Written by	Donald Tosh
Directed by	Lisa Bowerman
Executive producer(s)	Nicholas Briggs; Jason Haigh-Ellery
Release date	September 2012

The Rosemariners is a Big Finish Productions audio drama set based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. These stories are in the Companion Chronicles format, a "talking book" narrated by the Doctor's companions (albeit not in character) with guest stars' voices, music and sound effects.

Plot

The Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on xeno-botany lab, Earth Station 454, as it is usurped by The Rosemariners of Rosa Damascena.

Cast

Jamie McCrimmon, The Second Doctor – Frazer Hines
Zoe Heriot – Wendy Padbury
Biggs – David Warner
Rugosa – Clive Wood

Continuity

The Fifth Doctor mentions The Rosemariners in a previously released Lost Story, The Elite.^{[citation needed]}
The mystery of the Mary Celeste is mentioned, which the Doctor explains was due to the Daleks. He witnessed this in his previous incarnation, in the 1965 television story, The Chase.^{[citation needed]}
The Doctor realizes that some of the plants were developed by the Daleks, as he remembers them from the planet Kembel. This is a reference to another First Doctor television story, The Daleks' Master Plan.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Donald Tosh was a script editor for Doctor Who in the mid-1960s and made significant contributions to the stories The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and The Celestial Toymaker. He was script editor for The Daleks' Master Plan, referenced in this audio.
Patrick Troughton and David Warner famously starred together in the feature film The Omen.

External links

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