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Doctor Who: The Smugglers
- Author
- Terrance Dicks
- Narrator
- Anneke Wills
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 6 August 2020
- Run Time
- 3 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
What to expect
Anneke Wills reads this exciting novelisation of a classic First Doctor TV adventure set in Cornwall.
On the 17th Century Cornish coast, villainous pirates roam the seas searching for treasure, while the townspeople have turned to smuggling, wheeling and dealing in contraband.
The TARDIS materialises in this wild and remote place, and the Doctor and his new companions, Ben and Polly, find themselves caught up in the dubious activities of the locals.
When the Doctor is unwittingly given a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure, the pirates are determined to extract the information - whatever the cost...
Anneke Wills, who played Polly in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's complete and unabridged novelisation of a 1966 TV serial by Brian Hayles, first published by Target Books in 1988.
"This range of classic Target audiobooks continues to go from strength to strength..." Doctor Who Magazine
(P) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
© 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Text
© Terrance Dicks 1988
Cover illustration (1987/2019) by Alister Pearson
Composite image by David Lavelle
Reading produced by Lizzie Davies
Recorded at Chatterbox Audio
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Slick and polished...immersive productions of much-loved novelisations...long may we enjoy them.
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Details
- Author
- Terrance Dicks
- Narrator
- Anneke Wills
- Duration
- 3 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529126877
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction
Synopsis
Anneke Wills reads this exciting novelisation of a classic First Doctor TV adventure set in Cornwall. On the 17th Century Cornish coast, villainous pirates roam the seas searching for treasure, while the townspeople have turned to smuggling, wheeling and dealing in contraband.The TARDIS materialises in this wild and remote place, and the Doctor and his new companions, Ben and Polly, find themselves caught up in the dubious activities of the locals.When the Doctor is unwittingly given a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure, the pirates are determined to extract the information - whatever the cost... Anneke Wills, who played Polly in the BBC TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's complete and unabridged novelisation of a 1966 TV serial by Brian Hayles, first published by Target Books in 1988. "This range of classic Target audiobooks continues to go from strength to strength..." Doctor Who Magazine (P) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Text © Terrance Dicks 1988 Cover illustration (1987/2019) by Alister Pearson Composite image by David Lavelle Reading produced by Lizzie Davies Recorded at Chatterbox Audio
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