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Doctor Who and the State of Decay
- A 4th Doctor novelisation
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers, John Leeson
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Geoffrey Beevers reads this exciting novelisation of a 1980 TV adventure featuring the Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker.
The Doctor, Romana and K9 - and a young stowaway called Adric - are trapped in the alternative universe of E-Space. Seeking help, they land on an unknown planet. There they find a nightmare world where oppressed peasants toil for the Lords who live in the Tower and where all learning is forbidden: a society in a state of decay.
What is the terrifying secret of the Three Who Rule? What monstrous creature stirs beneath the Tower, waking from its thousand-year sleep? The Doctor discovers that the oldest and deadliest enemy of the Time Lords is about to spring into horrifying action.
John Leeson provides the Voice of K9.
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Spooky tale, well told
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Better than Buck Rogers
Circa 1980 when this was first shown on BBC1 in the UK, ITV annoyingly put Buck Rogers on TV at the same time. Buck Rogers had a bigger budget and was slicker with its Star-Wars like appearance and special effects, and at the time I remember being torn between watching both programmes. 42 years later, I would say this Dr Who story has worn the test of time much better.
