Last updated 17 April 2017


Medicinal Purposes

Medicinal Purposes

Series Episode Number: 60

First Broadcast: Tue 31 Aug 2004 - ~8:00pm UTC (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 138 minutes 39 seconds


Recorded on Thu 18 Mar 2004 in The Moat Studios



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.

When accidental tourists the Doctor and Evelyn Smythe stumble upon one of Britain's most lurid, illuminating chapters in history, a simple case of interest in the work of dedicated man of science Doctor Robert Knox, quickly turns sour.

Just what is that time bending Scots mist? Whatever it is may put the very fabric of the universe under threat.

As always.