Stories Audio Drama Novel Adaptations The English Way of Death 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Overview Released Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Written by John Dorney, Gareth Roberts Cover Art by Tom Webster Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 141 minutes Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London Synopsis London, in the summer heatwave of 1930. The Doctor is visiting with Romana and K9 in order to return some library books, but traces of time pollution may change his plans. A seaside hut holds a strange secret. A biscuit millionaire is hiring assassins. Deadly butlers and solicitors stalk the streets. There is an odd smell in the air. And it might just mean the death of everyone on the planet. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Zodaal Romana II Lalla Ward K9 Mark II John Leeson Show All Characters (4) How to listen to The English Way of Death: Big Finish Audio Novel Adaptations Volume 1 (Limited Edition) Big Finish Audio The English Way of Death Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 28 May 2024 · 147 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: The Romance of Crime (Audio Adaptation) I haven't read the original novel, so I can't rate this as an adaptation, therefore this is a rating of the story as it is presented in this audio. That aside, this was an improvement, but still not something I personally enjoyed. I'm not particularly sure why as there's nothing objectively wrong with this story, I guess it just didn't click with me. I did like a few bits, John Leeson acting out a posessed K9 was fun and there were some fairly high stakes. It suffered from the same issue with the last one, that it was hard to follow (in my opinion). I'm going to have to track down the novels and see if I prefer them. Next Story: Nightmare of Eden thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 3 9 June 2025 · 13 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 This would be higher if it wasn’t for the rather annoying side characters Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating55 members 3.59 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 103 Favourited 6 Reviewed 2 Saved 2 Skipped 5 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Virgin Missing Adventures The English Way of Death Rating: 3.93 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Virgin Books Set of Stories: Virgin Missing Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite FELICIA: Mr Closed has been gone some time. DOCTOR: He's fighting the inevitable. FELICIA: You noticed! DOCTOR: Noticed? Noticed what? FELICIA: The bond between myself and Mr Closed. A bond of the heart. DOCTOR: Oh... but you've only just met. FELICIA: Well, you must have seen how we were staring at each other. DOCTOR: Is that... is that what that was? — The English Way of Death
