AudioGo have updated the details of their Doctor Who releases for October,
including a television soundtrack, audiobook and three box sets! All in
time for Christmas (or whatever gift-giving holiday you choose to
observe). Details and cover art below (click on the pics for bigger versions):
Invasion Earth!
12 CDs – Duration: 13 hrs 10 mins
For complete immersion in the worlds of Doctor Who, how about a box set such as Invasion Earth! These 12 exciting CDs contain three Classic Novels readings: In The Dalek Invasion of Earth the Doctor and his friends must fight to save the planet from the Daleks in the 21st Century. In The Auton Invasion a newly-regenerated Third Doctor encounters the Nestenes and their robotic ‘shop window dummy’ servants the Autons. In The Dinosaur Invasion
London faces an incursion of prehistoric monsters as the spearhead of
Operation Golden Age. Read by William Russell, Caroline John and Martin
Jarvis, with original sound design, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of
the Daleks.
Dalek Menace!
15 CDs – Duration: 17 hours 45 minutes
the TARDIS is pursued through Time and Space by the Daleks, who are
intent on preventing any future intervention in their plans by the
Doctor. In Daleks: Mission to the Unknown and Daleks: The Mutation of Time
the leader of Earth in the far future, Mavic Chen, has allied himself
with the Daleks. When the Doctor steals the core of the Time Destructor,
his arch enemies pursue him across the galaxy in order to retrieve it.
Read by Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves and Jean Marsh, with original
sound design, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks.
TARDIS Adventure Series
TARDIS Adventure Collection
features a wonderful TARDIS-shaped box with front opening door,
containing six Eleventh Doctor Audio Original titles: THE RUNAWAY TRAIN,
RING OF STEEL, THE JADE PYRAMID, THE HOUNDS OF ARTEMIS, THE GEMINI
CONTAGION and THE EYE OF THE JUNGLE. Read by Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill,
Clare Corbett, Meera Syal and David Troughton, with original sound
design, this impressive box set is guaranteed to provide a Christmas
highlight for all Doctor Who fans.
by Douglas Adams, stars Tom Baker and the late Mary Tamm, in which the
Doctor and Romana discover a planet ruled over by the tyrannical
Captain. They soon discover that all is not what it seems about the
‘pirate planet’ – and a far darker power lurks behind the scenes. This
full-cast four-part TV soundtrack from the original 1978 BBC TV serial
has the benefit of special linking narration by John Leeson, who in a
bonus interview recollects his time as the Voice of K9.
The Visitation
4 CDs/Download – Duration: 3 hours 4 minutes
The Visitation is an unabridged reading of a classic novelisation
featuring the Fifth Doctor as played on screen by Peter Davison.
Arriving on the outskirts of London in 1666, the Doctor, Tegan, Adric
and Nyssa receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome. It soon becomes clear
that the sinister activities of other alien visitors have made the
villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders. And as a result of the
alien Terileptils’ evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point
of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event… Matthew
Waterhouse, who played Adric in the original TV serial from 1982, reads
the story.
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I'm sorry to say that the cover for The Pirate Planet is rather crude.