Travel back to the early days of Doctor Who with these four adventures starring William Hartnell as the first Doctor - plus a bonus programme.
Absent from the television archives, each of these stories survives only as a soundtrack recording. Now remastered, with additional linking narration, you can enjoy the adventures once more - and learn what happened to the missing episodes with a special bonus disc.
'The Daleks' Master Plan' (13 episodes, first broadcast October 1965-January 1966):
The Daleks have stolen the Time Destructor, and are threatening to destroy the fabric of Time itself. In a bid to stop them, the Doctor steals the taranium core which powers the weapon. Pursued across Time and Space, the TARDIS crew are in grave danger...
'The Massacre' (4 episodes, first broadcast February 1966):
The TARDIS materialises in Paris in 1572, a time of great danger and religious strife. When Steven witnesses the execution of a man who uncannily resembles the Doctor, he is horrified. Can the Doctor really have been killed in front of his eyes?
'The Celestial Toymaker' (4 episodes, first broadcast April 1966):
The travellers arrive in the dangerous domain of the Toymaker, where their failure to win at a series of games could result in them becoming his playthings for eternity.
'The Savages' (4 episodes, first broadcast May-June 1966):
The TARDIS has arrived on a distant and seemingly idyllic world, but the Doctor, Steven and Dodo discover that it hides a terrible secret...
'Doctor Who - The Lost Episodes' (First broadcast December 2009):
What happened to the 108 missing episodes of 'Doctor Who' from the 1960s? Shaun Ley investigates in this edition of 'Archive on 4'.
PLUS
*Linking narration by Peter Purves
*Bonus interviews with Peter Purves
*High quality scans, presented as PDF files, of the original BBC TV camera scripts
Written by a variety of great Doctor Who authors, this collection of audiobooks on CD features four of the most thrilling Doctor Who adventures from his early days. We join British actor William Hartnell, who played the first ever Doctor, as he takes listeners on four zany adventures that have been remastered especially for audio. This collection also offers a special bonus CD that is a must-have for any Doctor Who fanatic!
The first story is The Dalek’s Master Plan starring the dastardly Daleks and their ever-threatening determination to destroy time. The next story is The Massacre and we join the Doctor in Paris in 1572 as religious beliefs cause mayhem with the usual peace that the world’s most romantic city is famed for…
The Celestial Toymaker is the third story in the collection that sees the Doctor arrive in Toymaker where all is far from as wonderful as it first seems. Can the Doctor avoid being someone’s plaything for eternity? The last story is The Savages in which the Doctor is transported by his trusty TARDIS to what seems like a paradise world until a terrible secret is unveiled…
Bonus interviews and original BBC camera scripts also feature in this unique and wonderful collection.