The Force of Death was an audiobook in the Audio Originals range from BBC Audio featuring the Eighth Doctor and James MacFarlane, written by Andrew Lane, released on 3 October 2024 on digital and 24 October 2024 on physical CD.
The story was read by Dan Starkey.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Dan Starkey reads this original adventure for the Eighth Doctor - as played on TV by Paul McGann - and Victorian journalist James MacFarlane.
The Doctor is working undercover in 1890s Galway whilst investigating the mysterious sinking of the RMS Majestic. Witnesses recall something huge crashing into the sea, causing a massive wave which overturned the ship. Could it have been the mythical sea creature known as the Dobhar-chu?
Also on the scene is James MacFarlane, intrepid journalist and friend of the Doctor. Reunited, the pair discover death stalking the area in the form of animated corpses. The Doctor soon realises that aliens are present, and unless stopped their plans could kill everyone in County Connemara!
Dan Starkey, who played Strax and other characters in the BBC TV series, reads this zombie chiller from Andrew Lane.
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- Writer - Andrew Lane
- Read by Dan Starkey
- Producer - Morrison Ellis
- Sound Design - David Darlington
- Project Editor - John Ainsworth
- Executive Producer for BBC Audiobooks - Michael Stevens
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- MacFarlane travels by train in Ireland.
- He's reading a book called Monsters and Legends in the British Isles.
- MacFarlane's article, for which he's currently conducting research, will be serialised in The Times of London.
- The RMS Majestic recently sank.
- The Doctor calls himself "Owen Murphy, DVM", which FacFarlane equates to John Smith, as these are the most common first and last names in Ireland.
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- The Doctor tells MacFarlane that he had been one of the attendees at the Armageddon Convention, and was personally responsible for getting miniscopes banned. This was established in PROSE: The Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"], and involved the First Doctor.
- The Armageddon Convention was first mentioned in TV: Revenge of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)"].
- The Last Great Time War is brewing, and the Doctor is worried he will one day have to choose a side. He will finally do so, after helping in the sidelines, in TV: The Night of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
Official The Force of Death page at Penguin Books