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Doctor Who: The Waters of Amsterdam

The Waters of Amsterdam

Story Number: 208 (BF)
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Jonathan Morris
Director: Jamie Anderson

Starring: Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Tim Delap, Richard James


Big Finish Release (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Sunday 31st January 2016
Running Time: 2 hours



'This is a very, very good release...  an extremely polished production with plenty to enjoy and, to my mind, certainly one to recommend to newcomers to both Doctor Who and audio drama.' Kroagnon

Reunited with the Doctor and Nyssa, Tegan joins them on a trip to Amsterdam's Rijkmuseum to see a new exhibition of the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, featuring his drawings of “Vessels of the Stars”. The Doctor is astonished to discover that they are designs for spaceships that would actually work, and decides to pop back to the Dutch Golden Age for a quiet word with Rembrandt – but the world-weary artist is no mood to help.

Meanwhile, strange forces are swirling in the canals, creatures from ancient myth, the watery, goblin-like Nix. What is their connection to the mysterious Countess Mach-Teldak – and to the events of Tegan’s life during her year away from the Doctor?

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