

Another thing that really works and shouldn’t is how easily the colourful and gaudy sixth Doctor slips into CSI Manchester mode and fits into the world of the criminal underground and police investigations. Put simply they are a superb team with instant chemistry and a massive unresolved plot device fuelling every moment together and making them far more interesting a combination than any other Big Finish Doctor/companion pairing. Softer Six: You would imagine that the similarly pitched, middle class tones of Colin Baker and India Fisher would grate as they join forces but nothing could be further from the truth.

A deadly conspiracy is at work – one whose effects will be felt far beyond the walls of Ackley House But she’s got hold of someone who knows – someone very important to the Doctor. Someone wants her to find out what happened in that room, and isn’t going to be happy if she doesn’t come up with the goods. Made the prime suspect, how can the Doctor prove to the no-nonsense DI Patricia Menzies that this is not the open-and-shut case it seems, and that she’s actually investigating the death of an alien? Higher up in Ackley House, a girl named Maxine watches the Doctor being taken away in a squad car. The TARDIS lands inside a run-down tower block, beside a dead body – which leads to some awkward questions when the Doctor is found there by the police. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court." Manchester, 2008. What’s it about: "Dr John Smith – you’re under arrest.
