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Doctor Who: The Smugglers (TV Soundtrack) by Brian Hayles

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Doctor Who: The Smugglers (TV Soundtrack)

Author
Brian Hayles
Narrator
Anneke Wills, Full Cast, William Hartnell
Publisher
BBC Audio
Publish Date
1 December 2004
Run Time
1 hour 39 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts, Science fiction
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'Nobody who crosses Pike lives to tell the tale!' The rugged Cornwall of days gone by is the scene for first Doctor William Hartnell’s 1966 foray into the murky world of pirates and hidden treasure. The TARDIS lands on the seventeenth century Cornish coast, and its crew stumble upon a plot by the local Squire to receive and offload contraband goods. The Doctor meets the churchwarden, whose last words to him concern the whereabouts of hidden treasure. When pirate captain Samuel Pike learns of this, he kidnaps the Doctor and demands to be given the cryptic clue. With the treasure uncovered and the militia called in by the local Revenue officer, a bloody fight ensues – can the Doctor, Ben and Polly escape with their lives? This full-bodied, romantic yarn is narrated by Anneke Wills, who played companion Polly. It also features Michael Craze as Ben and Michael Godfrey as Pike.

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Author
Brian Hayles
Narrator
Anneke Wills, Full Cast, William Hartnell
Duration
1 hour 39 minutes
Release Date
1 December 2004
ISBN
9781405696678
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
BBC Audio
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts, Science fiction

Synopsis

'Nobody who crosses Pike lives to tell the tale!' The rugged Cornwall of days gone by is the scene for first Doctor William Hartnell’s 1966 foray into the murky world of pirates and hidden treasure. The TARDIS lands on the seventeenth century Cornish coast, and its crew stumble upon a plot by the local Squire to receive and offload contraband goods. The Doctor meets the churchwarden, whose last words to him concern the whereabouts of hidden treasure. When pirate captain Samuel Pike learns of this, he kidnaps the Doctor and demands to be given the cryptic clue. With the treasure uncovered and the militia called in by the local Revenue officer, a bloody fight ensues – can the Doctor, Ben and Polly escape with their lives? This full-bodied, romantic yarn is narrated by Anneke Wills, who played companion Polly. It also features Michael Craze as Ben and Michael Godfrey as Pike.

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