The Creeping Death is a Doctor Who audio play from Big Finish Productions and is written by Roy Gill. Ken Bentley directs this episode which stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The guest cast includes Helen Goldwyn, Lauren Cornelius, and Stephen Critchlow.
The Doctor and Donna Noble are brought to 1952 London in which the fog is a bit more oppressive than usual. An alien threat lurks among the mist as well. Apparently, there actually was an event known as the Great Smog of London which caused many severe illnesses among the populace at that time. The part about the alien is artistic license of course.
The story is quite a bit better than what the title suggests. The Doctor and Donna fall in with a small group of people trying to survive the encroaching smog and whatever is hidden within.
Tennant and Tate recapture their familiar chemistry and banter without much difficulty. The story isn’t bad but not entirely unique/ I did appreciate learning an interesting piece of London history that I had never come across before.
It’s an enjoyable enough tale taking place in a well-loved era of the series. Hopefully Tennant will return to the Big Finish studio quite soon. Catherine Tate can come along too.
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