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Learn moreMaureen O'Brien reads an action-packed original adventure for the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi.
When Professor Irene Hyde's Monday morning lecture at St Luke's University is rudely interrupted by a man named the Doctor, it's the beginning of an adventure she could never have dreamt possible.
Soon they are hurtling backwards in time to 1806, where the crew of the trading ship Favorite, led by the 'Ice King' himself, Frederic Tudor, are being picked off, one by one, by a hideous monster that lurks in the shadows.
A head frozen in ice provides a further complication to matters, as the robotic Nekkre awakes determined to vanquish all-comers. With the Doctor seriously weakened, Irene must tap into hidden reserves of courage if they are to have any hope of returning to 21st Century England...
Maureen O'Brien, who played the Doctor's companion Vicki in the BBC TV series, reads Niel Bushnell's thrilling original tale.
Produced by Neil Gardner.
Sound design by David Roocroft.
Executive Producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Niel Bushnell is an award-winning screenwriter and author. His first novel, SORROWLINE, was published in the UK by Andersen Press. It won the Northern Promise Award at the Northern Writers Awards, and was also long-listed for the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Branford Boase Awards.
Niel has written more than ten books for children and adults, and his work has been translated in a number of countries including Thailand, Brazil and Germany.
Niel has also worked in animation for twenty-five years developing original animation properties for CBBC, DISNEY and NELVANA. Most recently, Niel has written three licenced audiobooks for DOCTOR WHO and two BLAKE’S 7 stories for BIG FINISH.