Pointless Witterings

Released: May 2014 Range: The Main Range Range Number: 186 Starring Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Eve Karpf, Amy Ewbank, James Hayward, Jonathan Forbes, Ben Porter, Phil Mulryne & Francesca Hunt  Written by Gordon Rennie & Emma Beeby  Directed by Ken Bentley  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. After Moonflesh, I was hoping for a more energet...

Released: May 2013 Range: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Range Number: 2.05 Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Alice Krige, John Albasiny, Charlie Norfolk & Gwilym Lee Written by Jonathan Morris  Directed by Ken Bentley  On their mission to explore the Mariana Trench at the very bottom of the ocean, the deepest and most inhospitable place on Earth, the crew of the deep sea vehicle Erebus make an unusual and startling discovery. A battered blue police box. As the Doctor, Romana and K-9 join them on their journey, the submariners soon discover that the TARDIS is not the only unusual find lurking on the sea floor. Super-intelligent squid, long-lost submarines and their miraculous occupants are only the start of their troubles. The Goblins are coming. And they won't let anyone out alive. After the wimsical charm of The Auntie Matter, Jonathan Morris goes for an extreme contrast with Phantoms Of The Deep. Phantoms takes it's cue from the creeping horror of the early Tom ...

Released: May 2006 Range: The Main Range Range Number: 82 Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Philip Olivier, Clive Mantle, Stephen Mansfield, Roger Parrott, Clare Cathcart, Hugh Lee, Alan Ruscoe, Ian Brooker, Steven Wickham & Simon Guerrier  Written by Simon Guerrier Directed by Gary Russell Sir. Having brought the army belonging to the Parliament of England before this place to reduce it to obedience, to the end effusion of blood may be prevented, I thought fit to summon you to deliever the same into my hands to their use. If this be refused, you will have no cause to blame me. I expect your answer and rest your servant. O. Cromwell. If The Settling was to have a counterpoint in classic Doctor Who, it would most definitely be The Aztecs. It's a story that sees one of the companion's growing up, and facing a difficult lesson in history, and that changes their outlook - forever. That's one thing that The Settling does really well, managing to get the companion'...

Released: May 2011 Range: Short Trips Range Number: 3.05 Read by Peter Davison  Written by Mathilde Madden  Directed by Nicholas Briggs & Ken Bentley  The walls of a manor house are dripping wet at night. But why can only mad Lady Catherine - and Peri - see it? Wet Walls is a very curious beast. In some ways, it's a interesting, very different style of story, that perfectly suits the Short Trips range, but, in others, it seems that it's rather ludercrous. A pregnant house certainly could seem rather far-fetched. It also doesn't really feel like much actually happens, just that a house gives birth and a father gets killed. There's also a twist about the maid in actual fact being a man, but that just doesn't really go anywhere. A pregnant house is a rather interesting concept for a story, if a little off-the-wall. What I think limits the story is that the idea isn't really built upon. It just seems like the idea was  poked around with, but never really develop...

Released: Feburary 2015 Range: The Main Range  Range Number: 196 Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Mark Strickson, Annette Badland, Nickolas Grace, Joanna Kirkland, John Albasiny & Ella Kenion  Written by Matt Fitton  Directed by Ken Bentley  Still looking for a way out of E-Space, the TARDIS crashes to Isenfel - a realm of snow and ice. Snarling beasts stalk the frozen plains, a feisty princess leads the hunt, and a queen in an ice palace rules over her loyal subjects.  But this is no fairytale kingdom, and everyone in Isenfel knows the price of survival. While Nyssa and Tegan uncover deadly secrets hidden in the palace, Turlough flees for his life across the tundra. And as for the Doctor... he only ever wants to change things for the better. But in a world such as Isenfel, such a hope may not even be possible. While Mistfall may have been a story that was inspired by the past, Equilibrium is one that pushes forward with a very different...