Sorry for not posting anything for a while. It’s something I’m
rectifying.
May brings us the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa on a pyramid in space, Jo and
Iris fighting monsters for the Elixir Of Doom and the Fourth Doctor facing the
Last Of The Colophon. In other ranges, we get more Charlotte Pollard and
Pathfinders releases it’s second story.
Written By: Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby
Directed By: Ken Bentley
Directed By: Ken Bentley
Featuring Peter Davison as
the Fifth Doctor and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa
The second story of the 2014
Fifth Doctor and Nyssa trilogy, two discs long
Synopis:
The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Nyssa to a
vast pyramid, floating in space. A tomb ship – the last resting place of the
God-King of the Arrit, an incredibly advanced and incredibly ancient
civilisation, long since extinct.They’re not alone, however. Another old dynasty walks its twisted, trap-ridden passages – a family of tomb raiders led by a fanatical matriarch, whose many sons and daughters have been tutored in tales of the God-King’s lost treasure.
But those who seek the God-King will find death in their shadow. Death from below. Death from above. Death moving them back and forward, turning their own hearts against them.
Because only the dead will survive.
CAST:
Peter Davison (The Doctor), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Eve Karpf (Virna), Amy Ewbank (Jhanni), James Hayward (Hisko), Jonathan Forbes (Heff), Ben Porter (Murs), Phil Mulryne (Rek/Hologram-Fresco Voice)
Preparatory Listening: None
Doctor Who Companion Chronicles 8.11: The Elixir Of Doom
Written By: Paul Magrs
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman
A one disc enhanced audio
book performed by Katy Manning, primarily as Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme, and
Derek Fowlds as Claude.
Synopis:
Once, Jo Grant travelled in Space and Time
with the Doctor. Now, she is travelling with trans-temporal adventuress Iris
Wildthyme.Arriving in Los Angeles in the 1930s, Jo and Iris are caught up in the glamour of Hollywood.
Monster movies are all the rage.
But sometimes monsters are real…
CAST:
Katy Manning (Jo Grant/Iris Wildthyme), Derek Fowlds (Claude)
Preparatory Listening: I’d
suggest Find And Replace. The Iris Wildthyme story The Iris Wildthyme
Appreciation Society is free as a podcast.
Written By: Jonathan Morris
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs
A two disc full cast audio
drama featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela
Synopsis:
The planet Colophos is a dead world. Nothing
but dust and rubble – and the ruins of a once-great civilisation. But is it
really as dead as it appears? When the Doctor and Leela land, joined by the
crew of the Oligarch survey ship, it’s not long before they receive a
communication from one of the ruins. A communication from Astaroth Morax, the
last of the Colophon.
Attended by a sadistic robot nurse, Morax is in a wheelchair and bound in
bandages to conceal his terrible injuries. But is he really as powerless as he
seems? What became of the rest of his race – and why didn’t he die with them?Entering his lair, the Doctor uncovers a terrifying secret…
CAST:
Tom Baker (The Doctor), Louise
Jameson (Leela), Gareth
Thomas (Morax), Jane
Goddard (Nurse Torvik), John
Voce (Chief Surveyor Hardwick), Jessica Martin (Deputy Surveyor Sutton), Blake Ritson (Pilot Kellaway)
Preparatory Listening: None
Written By: Jonathan Barnes and Matt Fitton
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs
A five disc full cast box
set starring India Fisher as Charley Pollard
Synopsis:
Charlotte Pollard’s adventures are over. She
escaped death aboard the R101 and travelled in time and space - but now in the
service of the monolithic, unknowable Viyrans, their unending mission is
stifling her. An encounter with would-be adventurer Robert Buchan, near the
mysterious Ever-and-Ever-Prolixity, provides the opportunity Charley needs for
escape…So, the adventuress is abroad once more: meeting a lost expedition in uncharted forests, solving enigmas, and hoping beyond hope to see the people she misses most: her family. But Charley cannot run forever. The Viyrans know the power of the ‘Lamentation Cipher’ and they have a solution… for everything.
Part One: The Lamentation Cypher
Part Two: The Shadow at the Edge of the World
Part Three: The Fall of the House of Pollard
Part Four: The Viyran Solution
CAST:
India Fisher (Charlotte Pollard), Anneke Wills (Lady Louisa Pollard), Terrence Hardiman (Lord Richard Pollard), Michael Maloney (Viyrans), James Joyce (Robert Buchan), Nicholas Briggs (Bert Buchan/The Slaverings), Jacqueline King (Mrs Turnerman), Abigail McKern (Susan Broadstairs), Nicola Weeks (Charity Savage), Lucy May Barker (Emmeline Leigh), Charlie Norfolk (Violet Warren), David Dobson (Michael Dee), Louise Brealey (Millicent Belanger III), Nadia Kamil (Miss Griffin)
Preparatory Listening: The
Sixth Doctor and Charley stories (shame I’m putting this up after the sale).
Patient Zero is this month’s Listeners (heavily discounted download).
Written By: Mark Thomas Passmore
Directed By: David Darlington and Darren Gross
Directed By: David Darlington and Darren Gross
A one disc audio drama
Synopsis:
"Only we could get lost in the
English countryside and find ourselves trapped in The Wicker Man!"While on vacation in England, detective Tony Peterson and the witch Cassandra visit Tony's estranged cousin Lord Trent Malkin and his wife Ruby. The two couples team up to investigate the disappearance of a maid from the manor and a series of murders by an ancient cat cult. Complicating things are hostile villagers, an unfriendly vicar and amateur sleuth, Miss Emma Simon.
Who can be trusted in the village of Little Bascombe? And if the legend of a Devil Cat wandering the countryside in search of souls to devour is true, are Tony and Cassandra about to face the greatest threat of their lives?
CAST:
Jerry Lacy (Tony Peterson), Lara Parker (Cassandra), Sarah Sutton (Miss Emma Simon), William McGeough (Lord Trent Malkin), Wendy Albiston (Lady Ruby Malkin), Joe Johnsey (PC Darren Westcott), Michael Shon (Reverend Joseph Tuttle),Greg Patmore (Clive Taylor), Barra Collins (Ralph Walters), James Lawrence (Bert Osgood), Ryan Wichert (Jack Thorpe), Dilek Latif (Dolly Elton)
Preparatory listening: Being unfamiliar with the series, a passing knowledge would most likely be most helpful.
Blake’s 7 Liberator Chronicles: Volume 8
Written By: Simon Guerrier, Marc Platt and James Goss
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman and Ken Bentley
Three enhanced audio books
Synopsis:
President by Simon Guerrier
Alone together, two Federation officials at last share the truth. Supreme Commander Servalan agrees to explain to Secretary Rontane how she set up the President.
And when she is done, Servalan’s executioners will be waiting…
The Sea of Iron by Marc Platt
Cally wishes to find Captain Mani Yalleg, her instructor when she was training to be a freedom fighter. His trail leads to the Goliath System, where Cally will discover a shocking lost secret from her past...
Spoils by James Goss
Roj Blake dreams of bringing down the Federation. Of toppling the President and Servalan and establishing a free society.
What would happen if he won? He is about to find out.
CAST:
Gareth Thomas (Blake), Jan Chappell (Cally), Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan), Peter Miles, Dan Starkey, Jemma Churchill
Preparatory listening: Being unfamiliar with the series, a passing knowledge would most likely be most helpful.
Blake’s 7 Classic Audio Adventures 1.5: Cold Fury
Written By: Mark Wright and Cavan Scott
Directed By: Ken Bentley
A one disc full cast audio drama
Synopsis:
When Travis scores a victory over the Liberator crew, Blake is willing to risk everything in order to get back what is theirs.
The destination is the uninhabited ice world Horst Minor, where eugenics specialist Dr Tirus is working on experiments for the Federation President.
Horst Minor has many secrets. And Blake is not going to like what he finds there…
CAST:
Gareth Thomas (Roj Blake), Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal), Jan Chappell (Cally), Sally Knyvette (Jenna Stannis), Brian Croucher (Travis), Alistair Lock (Zen/Orac), Hugh Fraser (The President), Caroline Langrishe (Dr Tirus),
Preparatory listening: Being unfamiliar with the series, a passing knowledge would most likely be most helpful. The previous entries in the range would also help.
Blake’s 7: Lucifer: Revelation
Written By: Paul Darrow
A novel and ebook
Synopsis:
Many years have passed since the death of his companions on Gauda Prime, but Avon is still very much on the minds – and a thorn in the sides – of those in power. On the run in a stolen spaceship, Avon has world leaders, warlords, aliens, bandits and hitmen on his trail, all hoping to seize control of the super computer Orac, and to be rid of Avon once and for all.
But those who underestimate Avon do so at their own peril…
Preparatory listening: Being unfamiliar with the series, a passing knowledge would most likely be most helpful. The first Lucifer book
Pathfinder Legends 1.2: Rise Of The Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders
Written By: Cavan Scott
Directed By: John Ainsworth
A one disc full cast audio drama
Synopsis:
Sandpoint used to be such a safe place to live – until the scarecrows started to walk.
A series of grisly murders points to an undead killer. With Merisiel missing, Valeros, Harsk and Ezren must track the mysterious Skinsaw Man back to his haunted lair. Can they survive vengeful spirits, necrotic guardians and assassin cults to discover the secrets of the ancient rune carved into each of the corpses? Or will death find them as they explore the dangerousstreets of Magnimar?
CAST:
Trevor Littledale (Ezren), Ian Brooker (Harsk), Stewart Alexander (Valeros), Kerry Skinner (Merisiel), Yuriri Naka (Ameiko Kajitsu), Toby Longworth (Belor Hemlock), Katarina Olsson (Iesha Foxglove), Duncan Wisbey (Aldern Foxglove), Tam Williams (Justice Ironbriar), Helen Goldwyn (Lissa Hambley), Sunny Ormonde (Xanesha), Sean Connolly (Maester Grump)
Preparatory listening: Being unfamiliar with the series, a passing knowledge would most likely be most helpful.
What are you looking forward too? Please comment below about the releases you most eagerly anticipate.
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