The Curse of the Fugue

The Curse of the Fugue

Sheridan Smith (Narrator)

“Lucie’s back with Doc. Alice Cavender, writerof this story, is absolutely great… She manages to give you an emotional rollercoaster in just thirty minutes, You will laugh and you will cry, It’s a work of art.” – Gallifrey Archive
February 1974 is grimmer than usual for the British. Huddling together by candlelight the nation endures regular power cuts, however the situation is far worse forone old woman. Out of the dark come visitors who know of her terrible burden of wartime secrets. All she fought to save is threatened. Whom can she trust? The troubled ghosts which plague her, a young man who has befriended her, or her new carer Lucie and her strange friend, The Doctor?

Producer: Ian Atkins
Script Editor: Ian Atkins & Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producers: Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Written by: Alice Cavander
Directed by: Lisa Bowerman

The Curse of the Fugue was the fourth story of the sixth season of Big Finish Productions’ Short Trips series. It was read by Sheridan Smith, and was her first return to the role of Lucie Miller since 2011’s To the Death. The Doctor mentions that he’s been to Paris during World War II. (Who is the Stranger) He and Lucie would visit wartime Paris on a lateroccasion. (The Scapegoat)

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