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Doctor Who and the Underworld
- Author
- Terrance Dicks
- Narrator
- John Leeson, Louise Jameson
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 6 May 2021
- Run Time
- 3 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
What to expect
Louise Jameson reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K9.
The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship at the edge of the known universe, and the Doctor, Leela and K9 encounter a group of astronauts searching for the lost gene bank of the Minyan race. The craft plunges into the heart of a recently formed planet, wherein the Doctor discovers an awesome secret: the descendants of a previous Minyan expedition have become enslaved to a powerul computer!
A dangerous quest leads to a confrontation with the Oracle, at the heart of a fabled crashed spaceship, the P7E.
Louise Jameson, who played Leela in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's novelisation of a 1978 serial by Bob Baker & Dave Martin.
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Details
- Author
- Terrance Dicks
- Narrator
- John Leeson, Louise Jameson
- Duration
- 3 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529128581
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction
Synopsis
Louise Jameson reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, Leela and K9. The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship at the edge of the known universe, and the Doctor, Leela and K9 encounter a group of astronauts searching for the lost gene bank of the Minyan race. The craft plunges into the heart of a recently formed planet, wherein the Doctor discovers an awesome secret: the descendants of a previous Minyan expedition have become enslaved to a powerul computer! A dangerous quest leads to a confrontation with the Oracle, at the heart of a fabled crashed spaceship, the P7E. Louise Jameson, who played Leela in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's novelisation of a 1978 serial by Bob Baker & Dave Martin.
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