Loups-Garoux
The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Turlough to Rio de Janeiro in the year 2080, just in time for the carnival. During the festivities, both of the time travelers become aware of another presence that seems out of place - something lurking, waiting patiently in the dark as it has done for centuries - something that will draw them both into the center of a battle for dominion over the human race.
written by Marc Platt
directed by Nicholas Pegg
music by Alistair LockCast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Elanor Bron (Ileana De Santos), Nicky Henson (Pieter Stubbe), Sarah Gale (Rosa Caiman), Jane Burke (Inez), Burt Kwouk (Dr. Hayashi), David Hankinson (Anton Lichtfuss), Derek Wright (Jorge)
Timeline: between Phantasmagoria and Singularity
Review: A very atypical Doctor Who story, Loups-Garoux almost feels like an attempt to graft a McCoy-era New Adventures novel into the Peter Davison era. Davison and Mark Strickson are at the top of their form, and Elenor Bron brings a lot of class to a role that could’ve come across as being very silly. Sadly, there’s a lot of audio overmodulation in scenes with raised voices, and fuzzy audio doesn’t help something which is occasionally a fuzzy plot. (more…)