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The Curse of Ratanapura stars
The Doctor - Paul Monk
Nick - David Tudor
Rob - Steve Alexander
Lady Rosalind Carringon - Ali Bongo
Barrington Carrington - Ashley Culley
Sir James Padbury - Dave Taylor
Michaels - Tim Hawtin
Lord Rusty Cheshire - Alex Finch
Sir Bobby Jameson - Michael Talks
Thomas Marwood / Ghost - Phillip Madeley

Written by Phillip Madeley & Si Hunt
Produced and directed by Phillip Madeley
CD artwork designed by Pip Productions

Episodes presented in MP3 (broadband, high
quality) and WMA (dial-up, low quality) formats.

 

“The Curse of Ratanapura will haunt your dreams...."

Teddy Carrington was a jeweller, a scoundrel, a cheat and a swindler, just like his Father before him. He lived for money, but not as much as he lived for the love of humiliating his business rival, Sir Bobby Jameson. When Teddy wasn’t playing poker in the Kings Head Inn with the family fortune, he was learning how to cheat at it so he could defeat Bobby.

New Year’s Eve, 1799. Teddy and Bobby played their final game. It was a game that raged on for longer, and with more bluffs, tricks and twists than ever before. The inn closed, but the game went
on, with all the patrons and players cheering for either one man or the other to win. Teddy had been dealt a bad hand, but it didn’t matter. His poker face could convince you his hide was on fire and you wouldn’t doubt him! Slowly, he drew Bobby Jameson’s entire fortune onto the table until Jameson played an Ace. Both metaphorically and on a card. He placed on the table a diamond as big as a fist. It sparkled so brightly that the entire inn fell silent for one devastating moment. And in that moment, Teddy knew that he had lost. He pulled out a gun from nowhere shot his opponent in the chest, snatching the gemstone from the dying man’s hands. It is said that with his last breath, Jameson cursed Carrington and his family to a hundred years of misery and torment.

New Year’s Eve, 1899. The legend says the spirit of Sir Bobby Jameson shall return tonight at the stroke of midnight to relinquish the curse. Lady Rosalind Carrington, the current owner of the
Ratanapura gemstone, has invited her closest friends, family and three time travellers to bear witness and celebrate the turn of the century. But not everyone will live to see it...


released Saturday 18th October 2008

Episode One Part One
Episode One Part Two
Episode One Part Three
Episode One Part Four


released Wednesday 29th October 2008

Episode Two Part One
Episode Two Part Two
Episode Two Part Three
Episode Two Part Four
Episode Two Part Five


 

Doctor Who and the Curse of Ratanapura is the first of the Autumn 2008 season of audio dramas produced by Planet Skaro Audios. Episode 1 was released on Saturday 18th October 2008 with the conclusion making its online debut a little later than expected on Wednesday 29th October 2008.

This story will be released on a limited edition CD with an exclusive short story, Tea With The Trods, written and read by Steve Alexander. Details on how to order a ready-made CD will be available soon. We'll also be using our new season to drum up some donations to our chosen charity The Children's Society, so there'll be a chance to raise some cash for a good cause as well.

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