Forty-five (audio drama)
# Forty-five (audio drama)

Forty-five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the play released at the forty-fifth anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who, it is made of four one-part stories, by different authors, rather than the usual multi-part serial. All episodes featured the Seventh Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy, Ace played by Sophie Aldred and Hex played by Philip Olivier.

## Main cast

* Sylvester McCoy — The Doctor
* Sophie Aldred — Ace
* Philip Olivier — Hex

## False Gods

by Mark Morris Thebes, Egypt, 1902. Howard Carter discovers the history of Userhat, servant of the god Amun.

* Benedict Cumberbatch — Howard Carter
* Lucy Adams — Jane Templeton
* Paul Lincoln — Robert Charles
* Jon Glover — Creodont
* Paul Lincoln — Robot

## Order of Simplicity

by Nick Scovell Mind control experiments are uncovered on a remote planet.

* Jon Glover — Dr Verryman
* Lucy Adams — Mrs Crisp
* Benedict Cumberbatch — Thing 2
* Paul Lincoln — Thing 1

## Casualties of War

by Mark Michalowski Hex and Ace's pasts are pried on VE Day in London.

* Paul Reynolds — Joey Carlisle
* Linda Marlowe — May
* Beth Chalmers — Audrey
* Beth Chalmers — Miss Merchant
* Andrew Dickens — PC Miller

## The Word Lord

by Steven Hall In 2045, in a secret bunker in the Antarctic, the Doctor meets the Word Lord.

* Linda Marlowe — Commander Claire Spencer
* Paul Reynolds — Nobody No-One
* Andrew Dickens — Captain James Hurst
* Paul Lincoln — Private Fenton
* Beth Chalmers — System

## Continuity

* Ace's mother was last in the TV story The Curse of Fenric. Hex's mother was killed by the Forge in Project: Lazarus.
* Nobody No-One returns in A Death in the Family. Having regenerated, he is played by Ian Reddington.
