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Doctor Who: 1963 - Fanfare for the Common Men

Doctor Who: 1963 - Fanfare for the Common Men: Episode 2

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1963 - Fanfare for the Common Men

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Nyssa gets to know Mark and the boys better. The Doctor tries to unravel the band's secret

Nyssa gets to know Mark and the boys better while the Doctor tries to unravel the band's secret. Stars Peter Davison and Mitch Benn.

Nyssa gets to know Mark and the boys better. The Doctor tries to unravel the band's secret. 

The Doctor first fetched up on Earth in the 1960s - but what does he make of that decade's greatest musical contribution, the Beatles? 

It turns out he's a big fan. The Doctor's young companion Nyssa, however, is unfamiliar with Earth's musical heritage - so a trip to the formative days of the Fab Four is in order, to show her what all the fuss is all about. 

Yet the Beatles are nowhere to be seen - instead their role in history has been taken by the Common Men, a trio whose rise to fame isn't as wholesome as it first appears... 

Stars Peter Davison as the Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Mitch Benn as Mark Carville, Andrew Knott as James O'Meara and David Dobson as Korky Goldsmith. 

4-part full-cast audio drama written by Eddie Robson

Director: Barnaby Edwards

Made by Big Finish productions.

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The Doctor takes Nyssa to meet the Beatles. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison

The Doctor takes Nyssa back to 1963, to where it all began - the birth of the biggest band in British music history. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton

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