Doctor Who and the Pirates, or The Lass That Lost a Sailor, is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the first musical story in the series' history. Plot The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn confront the feared pirate captain Red Jasper, and the Doctor sings "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" and other Gilbert and Sullivan songs. A reviewer for Metro wrote, "He has a marvellous singing voice." Cast The Doctor — Colin Baker Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables Jem — Dan Barratt Sally — Helen Goldwyn Red Jasper — Bill Oddie Swan — Nicholas Pegg Merryweather — Mark Siney Mate/Sailor/Pirate — Timothy Sutton Music The songs use substituted lyrics to tunes from various Gilbert and Sullivan operas. These include: "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" a pastiche on the "Major-General's Song", "An assassin's lot is not a happy one", based on the "A Policeman's Lot Is Not a happy one", both from The Pirates of Penzance, and "I'm Jasper's man", to the tune of "I am so proud" from The Mikado. Music from more of the Savoy operas is used elsewhere in it, such as one of the pirates humming "Rising Early in the Morning" from The Gondoliers. References External links Doctor Who and the Pirates, Big Finish Productions 2003 audio plays Sixth Doctor audio plays Adaptations of works by Gilbert and Sullivan Fiction with unreliable narrators Fiction set in the 18th century