Assassin in the Limelight

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Assassin in the Limelight
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Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series Doctor Who
Release no.108
Featuring Sixth Doctor
Evelyn Smythe
Written by Robert Ross
Directed by Barnaby Edwards
Executive producer(s) Nicholas Briggs
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code7CMD
Length2 hrs
Release dateMay 2008
Preceded by The Crimes of Thomas Brewster
Followed by 100

Assassin in the Limelight is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who .

Contents

Plot

Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865. The fate of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln hangs in the balance, as a result of the meddling of Doctor Robert Knox.

Cast

Notes

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