Big Finish Doctor Who/Recap/074 Night Thoughts

In an old mansion on a remote Scottish island, the Doctor, Ace and Hex seek shelter with an odd group of academics from the nearby university. While Hex is disturbed by similarities to his recent nightmare about a very strange operation, a whistling figure stalks the halls of the mansion, and the key to surviving the storm may lie with a young girl and her sinister stuffed companion.

High Octane Nightmare Fuel ensues.

Night Thoughts contains examples of:

 * Creepy Child: Sue may be a bit older than the usual example at 16, but her childish demeanor and disturbing tendency to speak only through Happy the Rabbit makes her more than qualify.
 * Creepy Doll: Happy the Rabbit, as well as the eyeless doll in Hex's dream.
 * Dreaming of Things to Come: Hex's nightmare, which involves a group of people arguing around an operating table; the "patient" is a doll with no eyes.
 * Everything's Worse With Bears: Ace and the Bursar are terrorized by a stuffed (in the taxidermy sense) bear that keeps moving when they're not looking... and breathes.
 * Eye Scream: A recurring theme. Let's leave it at that.
 * Ironic Nursery Tune: The hooded figure whistles "Oranges and Lemons"
 * Karmic Twist Ending:
 * Moral Event Horizon: The Major
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong: The purpose of the academics' experimentations at the mansion
 * Taxidermy Is Creepy: Hartley the taxidermist's occupation ends up playing a fairly significant role in the story.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: The academics' attempts to change the past fail