Blood on Santa’s Claw

Synopsis: This audio drama is a continuation of the television series Doctor Who, with Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant returning to their roles as the Doctor and Peri respectively. This comic story is the first episode in the 4-part anthology release, Doctor Who: Blood on Santa’s Claw and Other Stories, and is set on the Earth colony planet Naxios in the 59th century, a time when it is possible to worship any deity one choose. A group that venerates Shakespeare is currently the dominant faith and is exploiting smaller sects, including one that worships The Wind in the Willows, to mine silver. In the meantime a creed that worships Father Christmas is being sent to investigate the situation but its members are being regularly assassinated. The Doctor resolves the situation by travelling back in time and getting Shakespeare to write two new plays, Triumph of the Shrew and A Winter’s Toad, which extoll the virtues of the creatures the Shakespeareans have been exploiting. As a result the Shakespeare worshippers decide to stop using the smaller creatures as slave labour.
Series: Doctor Who
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Year of release: 2019
Duration: 38 mins

Director

Writer

Cast

Notes: The title story pays punning yuletide homage to the 1971 horror film, THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW.

Online URL: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-blood-on-santa-s-claw-and-other-stories-1289
Online format: Download

Shakespeare, "Blood on Santa’s Claw". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79671 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)

SHAKESPEARE