The Rapture (audio drama) explained

The Rapture
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Series:	Doctor Who
Number:	36
Featuring:	Seventh Doctor Ace
Cover:	Rapture (Doctor Who).jpg
Director:	Jason Haigh-Ellery
Producer:	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive Producer:	Jacqueline Rayner
Production Code:	7V
Length:	1 hr 47 mins
Date:	September 2002
Preceding:	"...ish"
Following:	"The Sandman"

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

Plot

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit The Rapture nightclub in Ibiza in 1997, where two angels are brainwashing clubgoers, and Ace discovers a secret about her family.

Continuity

• This story gives Ace's date of birth as 20 August 1970.
• Ace's parents are named as Audrey and Harry McShane.
• This story introduces Ace's brother, Liam McShane, who is four years her junior.
• Following on from tie-in novels, Ace's full name is given as Dorothy Gale McShane (Although, this was never given in the original series).
• Ace refers to the events of The Curse of Fenric and Colditz

Cast

• The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
• Ace — Sophie Aldred
• Himself — Tony Blackburn
• Liam — David John
• Caitriona — Anne Bird
• Brian — James Daniel Wilson
• Gustavo — Carlos Riera
• Jude — Matthew Brenher
• Gabriel — Neil Henry
• Bouncer — Jeremy James

Notes

• In the Whovian timeline, this story takes place between Colditz and The Harvest.

Dating error

At one point in episode 4, the date is given as 'Saturday 15 May 1997'. In reality, 15 May 1997 fell on a Thursday.

External links

• Big Finish Productions – The Rapture