This title was released in December 2024. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 28 February 2025, and on general sale after this date.
In Victorian England, the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, her resourceful spouse, Jenny Flint, and their loyal valet, Strax, solve conundrums, fight injustice and capture criminals - but an enemy has taken up residence undetected. The secret of the shape-shifting trespassers will now be revealed...
2.7 Doppelgängers by Ken Bentley
After being imprisoned by a shapeshifting foe, Jenny has escaped through the London sewers and returned to Paternoster Row. Meanwhile, her captor (now disguised as Doppel-Jenny) infiltrates Paternoster Row with murderous intent!
2.8 Jellyfish! by Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey
The Gang head to the coast for Madame Vastra to convalesce. But their holiday proves far from restful. This Cornish village is home to suspicious locals, strange storms and wreckers. Most dangerous of all, something lurks in the seas - something with a mysterious hold over Vastra...
2.9 The Houseguest by Matt Fitton
Vastra, Jenny and Strax return to London to find Paternoster Row changed. Houses lie empty, a crimewave grips the neighbourhood. A new criminal mastermind rules the underworld. What's more, Number 13 has an unexpected houseguest. And he claims to be the Doctor...
Recorded on: 20-22 May 2024
Recorded at: The Soundhouse
Producer David Richardson said: "The secret of the Trespasser is revealed in this box set, and there are surprises in store! This is the first Paternoster Gang set written entirely by members of the team – Neve and Dan provide one very lovely episode, while the others are penned by our director Ken and script editor Matt.
“They are all writing with familiarity with the series while pushing it into new directions, and there are some wonderful belly laughs to be had too. I love this series – the real world can be a tough old place, but The Paternoster Gang is a cosy, warm place to exist and one that leaves the biggest smile on your face.”
Neve McIntosh said: "I've got notebooks filled with ideas, but this is the first time that I've properly sat down and brought one to a full story. I had the idea of them going to the seaside – and, being a Sherlock Holmes fan and a Daphne du Maurier fan, I decided to mash Lion’s Mane and Jamaica Inn together, then add a good amount of, obviously, robots and sci-fi in for us."
Dan Starkey added: "It's a heady mixture! I have quite a strong voice in my head when I'm writing because I tend to impersonate people, and that's my route into writing dialogue. But it's lovely hearing your words being spoken, and when you hear a different actor taking a completely different tone, you go, oh, that's good!"
Michael Troughton said: "It's wonderful to be able to pop in and out of other characters’ timelines – any Doctor can appear anywhere! – and it's been very interesting to step into the world of the Paternoster Gang, an area I hadn't investigated before. What a lovely group of detectives they are! Especially Strax, who has some great, very funny lines."
Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey and Catrin Stewart
Clive Hayward, Dan Starkey, Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart, Maggie Service, Derek Hutchinson
Alex Stedman, Helen Phillips, Wayne Forester, Dan Starkey, Kate O'Sullivan, Catrin Stewart, Neve McIntosh
