Five classic novelisations of TV adventures on alien planets!

Doctor Who: The Alien Worlds Collection

Five classic novelisations of TV adventures on alien planets! 
 
In Doctor Who and the Zarbi, the First Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki are trapped on the remote planet Vortis. In Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon, the Third Doctor and Jo are mistaken for delegates of the Galactic Federation on a primitive and superstitious world. In Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah find the living remains of a renegade Time Lord and his maniacal saviour. In Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive, the Fourth Doctor and Romana find subterfuge and corruption lurking beneath the surface of the pleasure planet Argolis. In Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, the Seventh Doctor and Ace fight for their lives on Segonax, home of the Psychic Circus. 
 
Read by William Russell, David Troughton, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward and Sophie Aldred. 
 
Each purchase is accompanied by a PDF booklet featuring full cast and credits, chapter-by-chapter navigation, and sleeve notes for each book by David J. Howe. 
 
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Sound design by Simon Power 
TARDIS sound effect by Brian Hodgson 
Executive producer: Michael Stevens 
Cover illustration by Alister Pearson 
 
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BBC logo © BBC 1996 
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014 
A stereo recording 
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Digital Edition Chapter Listing 
 
Doctor Who and the Zarbi 
Files 001-007 
 
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon 
Files 008-018 
 
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius 
Files 019-030 
 
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive 
Files 031-039 
 
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 
Files 040-053

Doctor Who and the Zarbi

The First Doctor is trapped on Vortis by the Zarbi, in a new edition of a Doctor Who classic.

Born in South Australia in 1918, Bill Strutton worked as a clerk before joining the Australian army during World War 2. He served in the Middle East and later in Greece. Captured by the Germans in Crete, he spent several years as a prisoner of war. After the war, Strutton came to live in England where he pursued a career writing. He worked as a journalist as well as writing novels and television scripts. Strutton’s only script for Doctor Who was The Web Planet, commissioned in late 1964 and broadcast in 1965. He died on 23 November 2003, the day of Doctor Who's 40th anniversary, aged 85 years.

Affected by a strange force, the TARDIS is dragged down to the desolate planet of Vortis. Until they can discover what is holding them there, the Doctor and his friends are trapped on the planet… 
 
The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are captured by the Zarbi – huge ant-like creatures controlled by the parasitic alien Animus. Meanwhile, Barbara runs into a group of Menoptra, butterfly-like creatures that have been driven from their home planet by the Animus, and plan to return with an invasion force. But the Zarbi know their plans and are waiting for the Menoptra... 
 
This novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from 13 February-20 March 1965. 
 
Featuring the First Doctor as played by William Hartnell with his companions Barbara, Ian, and Vicki

Bill Strutton

William Hartnell

Maureen O'Brien

William Russell

Jacqueline Hill

1st Doctor TV soundtrack

This narrated TV soundtrack stars William Hartnell as the Doctor in one of his most weird and wonderful adventures. 
 
"We seem to be caught! Trapped, somehow..." 
 
In this vintage six-part serial, first shown on BBC TV in February and March 1965, a strange magnetic force pulls the TARDIS down to the craterous surface of Vortis. The Doctor and his friends learn that the planet has been invaded, and the parasitic Animus is slowly enveloping it in a web-like domain. The giant ant-like Zarbi are under its control, whilst the butterfly-like Menoptra are battling to reclaim their planet. 
 
Narrated by Maureen O'Brien, this full-cast soundtrack evokes a classic Doctor Who adventure in all its aural magnificence. The alien ambience of Vortis, the insistent chirruping of the Zarbi, and the supernatural voice of the Animus are all accompanied by the eerie sonics of Ron Grainer &amp; Delia Derbyshire's theme tune. 
 
Written by Bill Strutton, this was the Doctor's most exotic and lavish adventure yet. 
 
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes 
(P) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
© 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
Cover art by Oink Creative 
 Narrated soundtrack produced by David Darlington 
Project editor: Michael Stevens

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