Rory joins the Tardis in Toby Whithouse’s sumptuous Venetian adventure
By Patrick Mulkern | October 18, 2013 | Radio Times
Series 5 – Episode 6
Storyline
The Doctor bursts out of a cake at Rory’s stag do and takes him and his fiancée Amy on a “romantic” date to Venice in 1580. The travellers befriend Guido, a boat builder whose daughter has been enlisted into the House of Calvierri. The school is run by the severe Signora Rosanna and her lustful son Francesco, who are turning the young women in their charge into vampires. The Doctor realises that Rosanna is a fish-like alien predator from Saturnyne. Fleeing the crack in time, she and her kind have taken refuge on Earth – and she intends to sink Venice so that her children can feast on the locals. Continue reading Doctor Who: The Vampires of Venice – Review