Doctor Who - Audio Details

The blood of innocents has been spilt ­ a terrible sequence of events has been set in motion. The forces of darkness are on the move.

Deep underground, an army of light prepares itself for the oncoming war.

The Doctor's used to winning. Stumbling in, reading the face of the enemy, and then beating the odds but what if this time he's got it wrong? Charley and C'rizz think he has.

Stripped of all that is familiar, just who is the Doctor? Major Koth thinks he knows.

Lost among the dark caverns of an unknown world, has the Doctor finally met his match?

I ORIGINALLY WROTE THE SCRIPT for The Twilight Kingdom almost two years ago, in the summer of 2002.  Memories of 11 September were still vivid, and comfort certainly wasn't to be found behind the sofa.  Suddenly a lot of things, which seemed safe and secure, simply weren't.  As my mother, who'd lived through the Second World War, cheerfully reassured me, 'Now you know what it feels like.'

Thanks, Mum.

Now surprisingly, some of that fear and anxiety crept into the play you're about to hear.  Don't get me wrong, there's no dep message here or indeed any political statement being expressed, but grief is perhaps the most profound of all emotions.  It's something that binds us all, and it's remarkable how varied our responses can be...

What I'm rather pompously trying to say is don't expect a gag fest.  However, in deference to the ghost of Doctor Who Past you will find at least one wobbly set - you'll know it when you get to it.

Finally a word of thanks to all at Big Finish - I was trying to recreate something of the spookiness that so grabbed me as a child.  With an actor as terrific as Paul McGann in the lead, so ably assisted by India and Conrad, the done thing really was to drop them all into hell...

Will Shindler  October 2003