Doctor Who: Myths and Legends

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Brought to you by Puffin.The first audio collection in the Doctor Who: Puffin Classics series featuring four adventures.Old legends and new worlds collide in this magnificent Doctor Who crossover with King Arthur and His Knights of the Round TableWhile investigating a strange energy in Carbury, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble are pulled into a different dimension, smashing a giant hole into another world in the process.As the magic of the hidden dimension slowly seeps out, the Doctor and Donna find themselves in Camelot, where a young squire, Arthur, comes to their aid, and when the Doctor is mistaken for Merlin, they are swept up in the glamorous and daring legends of the Knights of the Round Table.But something far more menacing has been awakened. Caught in an ancient battle for power, Donna and the Doctor are sucked into a dangerous game. As each move is made and time spins faster, the Doctor must find a way to seal the rift before an unimaginable power is unleashed and the universe is laid to waste.The Thirteenth Doctor meets the Wizard of Oz in this brand new Doctor Who and Puffin Classics mashupWhen a sudden tornado engulfs the TARDIS, the Thirteenth Doctor and her fam find themselves transported to the magical land of Oz. With a damaged TARDIS and an unexpected stowaway from the 1930s, their only hope of getting home is to follow the yellow brick road.But when an army of scarecrows ambushes them, they quickly realise that everything is not as it should be, and they're thrown into a fight for survival against a mysterious enemy. As each of her companions becomes a shadow of their former selves, only the Doctor is left standing.Desperate to save her friends, she must embark on a perilous journey to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz - and stop whatever forces are at work before she and her friends are trapped in the fictional world forever.The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) returns to Sherwood Forest in this incredible new crossover of Doctor Who and the legend of Robin HoodGold had come to the greenwood . . .Robin Hood is disenchanted. Maid Marion has disappeared, and the legend of the Doctor has retreated into the shadows of Sherwood Forest.But the Doctor is back! (Although this is his first visit - time travel does strange things to a story.)And the timing couldn't be better. A new Sheriff of Nottingham is in town, out to get the Outlaws, and behind the scenes, the mythical Mother Maudlin has designs on the realm that are not of this earth. . .With the Kingdom in peril, it's time for the return of the Lionheart.The Doctor meets the Greek Myths in this brand-new Doctor Who and Puffin Classics crossoverIt was a kind of portal - a portal into the myths of the ancient world . . .Everyone knows the Doctor loves museums (it's his way of keeping score).But when Jo Grant and the Doctor visit the British Museum in London, they might have got more than they bargained for.A mysterious object is revealed, which grants those who touch it strange visions of Greek Myths. Gods, warriors and monsters are contained within this device, which its discover calls the mythoscope.But there is something sinister at play. A powerful influence seems to be controlling the mythoscope . . . mastering it.Jo and the Doctor must enter the mythoscope to face an old and terrible enemy - bargaining with Zeus, battling dragons and journeying into the underworld.As dangers beset them on all sides, only an object of wondrous power can save them from total destruction . . .BBC, DOCTOR WHO and TARDIS (word marks and devices) are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. BBC logo © BBC 1996. DOCTOR WHO logo © BBC 1973. Licensed by BBC Studios.©2021 Jacqueline Rayner, 2022 & 2023 Paul Magrs (P) 2025 Penguin Audio