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Four more thrilling soundtrack adventures from the early days of Doctor Who, featuring serials lost from the TV archive. The pictures may be lost, but each of these stories survives as a soundtrack recording. Remastered, and with additional linking narration, they can be enjoyed once more. In The Daleks'' Master Plan, the Daleks have stolen the Time Destructor, and are threatening to destroy the fabric of Time itself. Pursued across Time and Space, the TARDIS crew are in grave danger. In The Massacre, the TARDIS materialises in Paris, 1572, a time of danger and religious strife. When Steven witnesses an execution, he believes the Doctor has been executed in front of his eyes. In The Celestial Toymaker, the travellers arrive in the domain of the Toymaker, where failure to win a series of games could result in them becoming playthings for eternity. In The Savages, the TARDIS arrives on a distant and seemingly idyllic world, but the Doctor, Steven and Dodo discovers that it hides a terrible secret. Special linking narration is provided by Peter Purves, who also recalls his time making the original episodes in a bonus interview. Also included is an edition of BBC Radio''s Archive on 4 from 2009. In ''Doctor Who -- The Lost Episodes'' Shaun Ley investigates what happened to the missing episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s. The CD editions also feature PDF files featuring high quality scans of the original BBC TV camera scripts. Duration: 10 hours 20 mins approx (P) & © 2019 BBC Studios Distribution For cast and credits see accompanying PDF booklet available on purchase.

Five narrated TV soundtrack adventures starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor - plus bonus features. Absent from the TV archives, these stories survive in their entirety only as soundtrack recordings. Now remastered, with additional linking narration, you can enjoy them again: plus bonus interviews with Anneke Wills and Frazer Hines. In The Macra Terror the TARDIS visits a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp, but has in fact been infiltrated and taken over by a race of giant crab-like creatures - the Macra. The Faceless Ones sees the TARDIS make a hazardous return to 1960s Earth, materialising on a runway at Gatwick Airport! In The Evil of the Daleks the TARDIS has been stolen by antiques dealer Edward Waterfield, who lures the Doctor and Jamie into an elaborate trap set by the most deadly race in the universe: The Daleks. The Abominable Snowmen finds the TARDIS in the Himalayas in 1935, where the Doctor makes a return visit to the nearby Detsen monastery – only to find it under attack, apparently from the Yeti... In The Ice Warriors the TARDIS crew materialise in an England of the future to find Earth in the grip of a new Ice Age – and under threat from a new menace in the form of the Ice Warriors...

Six classic Doctor Who TV soundtrack adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor. In ''The Sensorites'' the Doctor and his friends visit an alien society with dark secrets. In ''The Romans'' Ian and Barbara are sold into slavery in First Century Rome, and the Doctor encounters Nero! In ''The Space Museum'' the travellers must work to avert a terrible potential future for themselves. In ''The Ark'' the Doctor, Steven and Dodo encounter the last humans to flee Earth with their alien servants, the Monoids. In ''The Gunfighters'' the TARDIS crewmembers try to avoid getting caught in crossfire at the OK Corral. In ''The War Machines'' the TARDIS lands in London, 1966, to find the brand new Post Office Tower being controlled by sinister supercomputer. Each story has additional linking narration, and there are bonus interviews with William Russell, Maureen O''Brien, Peter Purves and Anneke Wills.

A further collection of audio novelisations featuring the First, Second, Third and Fourth Doctors in thrilling adventures on Earth. In Marco Polo, by John Lucarotti, the TARDIS breaks down in Central Asia in the year 1289, causing the travellers to meet an intrepid Venetian explorer. In The War Machines, by Ian Stuart Black, the Doctor senses a powerful and sinister force around London''s newly built Post Office Tower. In The Faceless Ones, by Terrance Dicks, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into a web of intrigue and deception at Gatwick Airport. In The Ambassadors of Death, by Terrance Dicks, the Doctor and Liz investigate the disappearance of three astronauts after their space capsule returns to Earth empty. In The Seeds of Doom, by Philip Hinchcliffe, botanical horror is unleashed when an alien pod is unearthed in Anarctica and incubated in the English countryside!Zienia Merton, Michael Cochrane, Anneke Wills, Geoffrey Beevers and Michael Kilgarriff read these exciting adaptations from the BBC TV series.Readings produced by John Ainsworth and Neil Gardner.Sound design by Simon Power.Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens(P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Anneke Wills reads this exciting classic novelisation of a Second Doctor TV adventure. In the far future a group of humans is living an idyllic existence on a distant planet. Their colony is run like a gigantic holiday camp, and nothing seems to trouble their carefree existence. When one of them claims that the colony is being invaded by hideous monsters, no-one takes him seriously. But the Doctor''s suspicions are immediately aroused. What is the terrible menace that lurks at the heart of this apparent paradise? Why are the colonists unaware of the danger that lies before their very eyes? And what is the Macra Terror? Anneke Wills, who played the Doctor’s companion Polly in the BBC TV series, reads Ian Stuart Black’s complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1987. Duration: 3 hours 5 mins

Michael Cochrane reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure featuring the First Doctor.The TARDIS materialises outside the Post Office Tower in London, 1966. The Doctor senses a powerful and evil force, which he and the ever-curious Dodo track down to scientist Professor Brett and WOTAN, his revolutionary new computer.Designed as a universal problem solver, WOTAN has suddenly begun to think for itself and has formulated a deadly plan. Using its phenomenal power it will programme humans to build mobile fighting computers, and with these indestructible war machines WOTAN will take over the world. With the help of Dodo, Sir Charles Summers, and new friends Ben and Polly, the Doctor must find a way to prevent a global catastrophe.Michael Cochrane, who has played several roles in the BBC TV series, reads Ian Stuart Black’s novelisation of his original 1966 serial starring William Hartnell as the Doctor.(P) & © 2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd t/as BBC StudiosNovelisation copyright © Ian Stuart Black1988Original script copyright © Ian Stuart Black 1966Reading produced by Neil GardnerRecorded at Ladbroke Audio LtdSound design by Simon Power for Meon ProductionsExecutive producer: Michael StevensTARDIS sound effect composed by Brian HodgsonCover illustration by Alister Pearson