The Witch from the Well
Encyclopedia
The Witch from the Well is a Big Finish Productions
audio drama based on the long-running British
science fiction television
series Doctor Who
.
, Mary and the Doctor investigate witches
being hunted by The Witch-Prickers
.
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio drama based on the long-running British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
science fiction television
Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...
series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
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Plot
In the 17th Century17th century
The 17th century was the century which lasted from 1601 to 1700 in the Gregorian calendar.The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and in that continent was characterized by the Dutch Golden Age, the Baroque cultural movement, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, the...
, Mary and the Doctor investigate witches
Witch-hunt
A witch-hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and lynching, but in historical instances also legally sanctioned and involving official witchcraft trials...
being hunted by The Witch-Prickers
Pricking
This article is about the 16th and 17th century practice of 'pricking' witches. For other uses of the word, see prick.During the height of the witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries, common belief held that a witch could be discovered through the process of pricking their skin with needles,...
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Cast
- The DoctorDoctor (Doctor Who)The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
- Paul McGannPaul McGannPaul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role... - Mary ShelleyMary ShelleyMary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley...
- Julie CoxJulie CoxJulie Cox is an English-Scottish actress perhaps best known for her role as Princess Irulan in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 Dune miniseries and its 2003 follow-up, Children of Dune.... - Master John Kincaid - Simon RouseSimon RouseSimon Rouse is an English actor, best known for playing the role of Superintendent Jack Meadows in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill....
- Aleister Portillon/Squire Claude Portillon - Andrew HavillAndrew Havill-Life and career:Havill has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre, and was in The Woman in Black in London's West End...
- Agnes Bates - Serena EvansSerena EvansSerena Evans is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Sergeant Patricia Dawkins in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC 2 from 1995 to 1996....
- Beatrix - Lisa KayLisa KayLisa Kay is an English actress, born 1977 to Peter and Jean Hazel Kay. She grew up in Levisham on the North York Moors, and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline....
- Finicia - Alix Wilton ReganAlix Wilton Regan-Early life:Wilton Regan was born in London and attended L'Ile Aux Enfants primary school, the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle for her secondary education and Latymer Upper School for A-Levels, where she achieved 3 A-grades in Theatre Studies, English Literature and French - a language in which...
- Lucern/Cornet Swallow - Kevin TrainorKevin TrainorKevin Trainor is an Irish actor. He grew up in Kilkeel, County Down and attended St Colman's College in Newry before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he read English...