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Loups-Garoux was the sixth serial of Season 42 of Doctor Who. It was written by Marc Platt, directed by Andy Goddard and starred Liam Cunningham as the Eleventh Doctor, Kate Ashfield as Hannah Ward & Richard Armitage as Brian Whiteford

Synopsis[]

Germany, 1589: the townspeople of Cologne, Germany pronounce a sentence of death on a mass-murderer who has stalked the countryside in the guise of a ferocious wolf.

Russia, 1812: retreating from Napoléon's invading forces, a merchant's daughter is rescued from bandits by a handsome partisan with a ravenous appetite.

Brazil, 2080: The Doctor, Hannah & Brian arrive for the Rio de Janeiro carnival.

Is wealthy heiress Ileana de Santos all that she seems? What sinister ailment afflicts her invalid son, tended by the mysterious Doctor Hayashi? And who exactly is Rosa, engaged on a secret quest to fulfil the destiny of her extinct tribe?

Time is running out for Rosa, Ileana and the Doctor, as the fearsome shadow of an ancient werewolf moves ever closer...

Plot[]

To be added.

Cast[]

  • The Doctor - Liam Cunningham
  • Hannah Ward - Kate Ashfield
  • Brian Whiteford - Richard Armitage
  • Ileana de Santos - To be added.
  • Doctor Hayashi - To be added.
  • Pieter Stubbe - To be added.
  • Anton Lichtfuss - To be added.
  • Rosa Caiman - To be added.
  • Inez - To be added.
  • Magistrate - To be added.
  • Victor - To be added.
  • Jorge - To be added.
  • Tourist - To be added.
  • Greetings Card - To be added.
  • Jaguar Maiden Vocals - To be added.

Crew[]

To be added.

Worldbuilding[]

Culture[]

  • The Doctor quotes Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

Individuals[]

  • The Doctor describes Cleopatra as having "all the subtle wit of a carpet beater."
  • Pieter mentions Anastasia.
  • Ileana mentions Lord Lucan.

Locations[]

  • The Doctor's previous visit to Rio de Janeiro took place in 1700.

Notes[]

To be added.

Continuity[]

  • The Doctor uses K9 Mark II's dog whistle to draw the werewolf pack. (TV: The Ribos Operation)
  • The Doctor places the TARDIS in hover mode. (TV: Castrovalva)
  • The Doctor had previously encountered a werewolf at the Psychic Circus on Segonax in his seventh incarnation. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)

Home video releases[]

DVD[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 42 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Second Season in 2006.

Blu-ray[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 42 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Second Season on Blu-ray.
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