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Doctor Who: Medicinal Purposes

Medicinal Purposes

Story Number: 60 (BF)
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Robert Ross
Director: Gary Russell

Starring: Colin Baker, Maggie Stables, Leslie Phillips, David Tennant


Big Finish Release (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: August 2004
Running Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 39 seconds



Edinburgh, 1827.

The infamous body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are at large. The local prostitutes dull their fear with cheap whisky. The graveyard owls are hooting. Business is good.

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