Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range The Stones of Venice 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 14 Statistics Quotes 10 Overview Released Monday, March 19, 2001 Written by Paul Magrs Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Gary Russell Runtime 111 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor imprisoned, Mind Control, Occult, Romance Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Web of Time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, Italy, Venice Synopsis The Doctor and Charley decide to take a well-deserved break from the monotony of being chased, shot at and generally suffering anti-social behaviour at the hands of others. And so they end up in Venice, well into Charley's future, as the great city prepares to sink beneath the water for the last time... Which would be a momentous, if rather dispiriting, event to witness in itself. However, the machinations of a love-sick aristocrat, a proud art historian and a rabid High Priest of a really quite dodgy cult combine to make Venice's swansong a night to remember. And then there's the rebellion by the web-footed amphibious underclass, the mystery of a disappearing corpse and the truth behind a curse going back further than curses usually do. The Doctor and Charley are forced to wonder just what they have got themselves involved with this time... 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 Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Charlotte Pollard India Fisher Vincenzo Show All Characters (3) How to listen to The Stones of Venice: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio The Stones of Venice Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: 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 14 reviews 16 May 2025 · 82 words Review by Leromica Diverting although unsatisfactory. The high point is the way in which the story conjures a futuristic yet timeless Venice. The sense of its decline, both physically and metaphorically, is well sketched and along with certain aquatic creatures evokes both Poe and Lovecraft, all with added class war which I admit I'm a sucker for. Sadly these elements don't all pull together for me, and the sci-fi conceit seemingly necessary to turn this into a Doctor Who story feels undercooked and tacked on. Leromica View profile Like Liked 0 7 May 2025 · 79 words Review by HephaestusLeo The Stones of Venice has a somewhat meandering plot with a frankly obvious plot twist - and yet I couldn't help but love it. It's deeply theatrical, dripping in atmosphere and worldbuilding, playing out almost like a historical despite its future setting and sprinkling of sci-fi elements. There's an air of gothic fairy tale about the whole adventure, and Charley really gets a chance to come into her own as a character worthy of being a protagonist. Good stuff! HephaestusLeo View profile Like Liked 0 28 March 2025 · 68 words Review by joeymapes21 1 Atmospheric and sombre, in a wonderful setting, using the setting so well to tell a poignant, interesting story. But the layers added eventually make this a little too messy, and nonsensical to follow, adding some extra plot layers for almost apparently no reason - which is a shame considering all the fantastic elements which were working throughout this, to use the story and its time setting really well. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 1 6 March 2025 · 19 words Review by megaminxwin 1 this was weird. i still dont know why there was such a prominent subplot about the oppressed gondolier underclass megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 1 20 February 2025 · 103 words Review by trashknight Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! There are many things to be critical of in this episode; the plot is nonsensical, the dialogue is preposterous and the acting is hammy. And yet, to quote Roger Ebert's review of The Mummy, "I was not bored, and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased." I had a lot of fun switching off the critical part of my brain and getting swept up in the pantomime drama of it all. I cheered when the day was saved by love and I gasped at the impending heartbreak foreshadowed by Charley and the Doctor's final exchange. A good fun way to spend a couple of hours. trashknight View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (14) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating433 members 3.29 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 758 Favourited 46 Reviewed 14 Saved 4 Skipped 4 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny DOCTOR: I'm afraid I don't believe in curses. CHURCHWELL: A rationalist? DOCTOR: Not exactly. I just look for the best in people. — The Stones of Venice Show All Quotes (10) Open in new window