First broadcast 5th December 2013.

The Older Doctor decides that he is going to write an opera as a cathartic experience. Meanwhile back at the hospital Pelageya is stricken with typhus but the Young Doctor neglects her to pursue Natasha in vain.

Jon Hamm ... Older Doctor
Daniel Radcliffe ... Young Doctor
Rosie Cavaliero ... Pelageya
Adam Godley ... The Feldsher
Vicki Pepperdine ... Anna
Daniel Cerqueira ... Vlas
Margaret Clunie ... Natasha
Charles Edwards ... The Colonel
Tom Forbes ... Anatoliy
Mat Ruttle ... Viciously Mauled Soldier