The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)
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The Ghost of N-Space was a BBC Radio drama released in 1996.
Publisher's summary
‘When the barrier gives way, this planet will be flooded by all the evil in N-Space; and at the moment I have no idea how to stop it.’
The Brigadier’s ancient great-uncle Mario seems unsurprised by the spectres which haunt his even more ancient Sicilian castle. But when the Doctor comes to investigate he finds himself faced with a danger as great as any he has yet encountered.
Is the answer to be found in the past, in the corrupt alchemy of the black-hearted sorcerer said to have walled up alive for his evil deeds? Or must the Doctor - and the faithful Sarah Jane Smith - brave the realm of ghosts and face the very fiends of hell?
Plot
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Cast
- Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Jeremy Fitzoliver - Richard Pearce
- Clemenza - Jonathan Tafler
- Don Fabrizio - Don McCorkindale
- Max - Stephen Thorne
- Nico - David Holt
- Maggie - Sandra Dickinson
- Mario - Harry Towb
- Luisa - Deborah Berlin
- Umberto - Peter Yapp
- Maid - Joanne Sergeant
- Paolo - Paul Brooke
- Barone - Gavin Muir
- Baronessa / Marcella - Jillie Meers
- Roberto - Jonathan Keeble
- Guido - Jim Sweeney
References
Notes
- This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1996.
- It was next released on double cassette.
- In 2000, it was released on CD.
- Broadcast a few months before his death, this was Jon Pertwee's final official BBC performance as the Doctor. Before he died, he would go on to appear in the fan production Devious.
- This story is available for purchase as a download on iTunes.
- Stephen Thorne (Max) previously played Azal in DW: The Dæmons, Omega in DW: The Three Doctors, an Ogron in DW: Frontier in Space and Eldrad in DW: The Hand of Fear.
- Harry Towb (Mario) previously played Osgood in DW: The Seeds of Death and McDermott in DW: Terror of the Autons.
Continuity
- The story revolves around the reappearance of Theodore Clancy's Comet every 157 years. Previous appearances were in 1504, 1661 and 1818, placing this story in 1975.
Novelisation
- Main article: The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)
- A novelisation written by Barry Letts was published in 1995. As the Target Books range had been retired by this time, the novelisation was published as part of the Virgin Missing Adventures line. Unusually, the novel was published before the radio play was broadcast.
Timeline
- This story takes place after ST: Sedna
- this story takes place before DW: The Monster of Peladon
