Massive End’s first woman Bernice Summerfield will encounter the Ninth Physician for Buried Threats.
Forward of its February 2024 launch, audio producers Massive End have begun to disclose the main points of the newest boxset in Physician Who – The Ninth Physician Adventures vary.
Comprising three additional adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s incarnation of the Time Lord, the large information is that he’ll meet Bernice Summerfield. Performed by Lisa Bowerman, she is the unique time-travelling archaeologist who first met the Seventh Physician in prose.
Later, she went to change into the New Adventures e-book vary’s lead character, in addition to Massive End’s first licensed property. On audio, she’s loved 25 years of adventures with the Physician, an alternate-universe physician, and because the star of her personal sequence of dramas and audiobooks.
Whereas there’s no cowl paintings for Buried Threats but, we now have this tease:
Not all perils confronted by the Physician are as apparent as an alien invasion. Some threats have been buried for millennia, some for mere centuries, and a few disguise inside a troubled thoughts.
However at any time when he finds injustice, hazard, or simply an irresistible thriller, the Physician gained’t cease digging till the reality is uncovered.
The three tales are…
‘A Theatre of Cruelty’ by Lisa McMullin
Somebody or one thing is manipulating the goals of French playwright Antonin Artaud. As Artaud’s nightmares are made manifest, the Physician is compelled to intervene. In any other case, Artaud’s new thought for an immersive theatre may change into a ticket to actually die for.
‘The Working Males’ by Mark Wright
The TARDIS brings the Physician to twenty first Century Halifax, alongside police Sergeant Ambika Desai, as they examine a mysterious dying.
The path results in the Hebble Piazza and an unscrupulous developer, because the Physician uncovers the city’s distant previous – and the notorious Halifax gibbet. The Working Males are rising from historical past!
‘Historical Historical past’ by Matt Fitton
Professor Bernice Summerfield is delving into the thriller of the Korravin, a mighty warrior horde, vanished in a single day. However her expedition appears jinxed. And when a well-known blue field seems, Benny is aware of they’re in bother.
As historic historical past resurfaces, the Physician desires to maintain some issues buried – however Benny’s an professional at digging up the previous.
Christopher Eccleston stated:
“That is the primary time my Physician has met Benny, in TV or audio, which was good to discover. Lisa and I had met earlier than on the Massive End studios and at a conference, however we hadn’t labored collectively earlier than.”
Lisa Bowerman added:
“Right here is Benny once more, on one other archaeological dig, with one other Physician who she doesn’t recognise. It was very straightforward working with Chris – Benny works with each Physician.”
Physician Who – The Ninth Physician Adventures: Buried Threats is now obtainable to pre-order on collector’s version CD field set (+ obtain) or obtain solely, solely from Massive End.