Doctor Who - Audio Details

On nineteenth century Earth, artist Edvard Munch hears an infinite scream pass through nature.  Centuries later, his painting of that Scream hangs in a gallery on the barren dust world Duchamp 331.

Why is there a colony of artists on a planet that is little more than a glorified garage?  What is the event that the passengers of the huge, opulent pleasure cruiser 'Gallery' are hoping to see?  And what is hidden in the crates that litter the cargo hold?

The Doctor's diary indicates that the painting is about to be destroyed in "mysterious circumstances", and when he and Ace arrive on Duchamp 331, those circumstances are well underway.

Never throw any ideas away.  Ben Aaranovitch told me that.  He maintained that all story ideas will come in useful someday.  It was certainly true of Dust Breading.  My original brief was to write an Earth-based, sea-side horror story - all undersea monsters and smugglers.  Then it was decided that the Seventh Doctor and Ace have visited Earth once too often in the Big Finish universe, so I was asked to write a space opera instead.  Luckily I had a story in storage.  Dust Breading was plotted with my long time collaborator Robert Perry, and I'd like to thank him for his generosity in letting me twist the story to fit my own agenda.  Robert also helped me create the Krill for our BBC Doctor Who novel Storm Harvest, so this story really is as much his as it is mine.  Cheers Rob.  I owe you one.

Mike Tucker, March 2001