Doctor Who and the Pirates

Doctor Who and the Pirates, or The Lass That Lost a Sailor, is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the first musical story in the series' history.

Doctor Who and the Pirates
or The Lass That Lost A Sailor
Album cover
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDoctor Who
Release no.43
FeaturingSixth Doctor
Evelyn Smythe
Written byJacqueline Rayner
Directed byBarnaby Edwards
Produced byGary Russell
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)Jacqueline Rayner
Production code7CH
Length1 hr 40 mins
Release dateApril 2003

Plot

The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn confront the feared pirate captain Red Jasper, and the Doctor sings "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" and other Gilbert and Sullivan songs.[1] A reviewer for Metro wrote, "He has a marvellous singing voice."[2]

Cast

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Music

The songs use substituted lyrics to tunes from various Gilbert and Sullivan operas.[1][2] These include: "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" a pastiche on the "Major-General's Song", "An assassin's lot is not a happy one", based on the "A Policeman's Lot Is Not a happy one", both from The Pirates of Penzance, and "I'm Jasper's man", to the tune of "I am so proud" from The Mikado. Music from more of the Savoy operas is used elsewhere in it, such as one of the pirates humming "Rising Early in the Morning" from The Gondoliers.

References
  1. Horakova, Erin. "Big Finish Produces Doctor Who Audio Plays with Brains, Heart and Humor", Tor.com, June 1, 2012
  2. Baldock, James. "Happy Birthday to Doctor Who’s Colin Baker: 11 reasons the Sixth Doctor is underrated", Metro, 8 June 2016
  3. Big Finish Productions website, 43. Doctor Who and the Pirates


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