Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: Ghost Light 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 20, 1990 Written by Marc Platt Pages 160 Time Travel Past Location (Potential Spoilers!) Gabriel Chase, Perivale, Earth, England Synopsis Perivale, 1983 A column of smoke rises from the blazing ruins of a forgotten, decaying mansion. Perivale, 1883 In the sleepy, rural parish of Greenford Parva, Gabriel Chase is by far the most imposing edifice. The villagers shun the grim house, but the owner, the reclusive and controversial naturalist Josiah Samuel Smith, receives occasional visitors. The Reverend Ernest Matthews, for instance, dean of Mortarhouse College, has travelled from Oxford to refute Smith's blasphemous theories of evolution. And in a deserted upstairs room, the Doctor and Ace venture from the TARDIS to explore the Victorian mansion... Who – or what – is Josiah Smith? What terrible secrets does his house conceal? And why does Ace find everything so frightening familiar? Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Seventh Doctor Ace Josiah Samuel Smith Light Show All Characters (4) How to read Doctor Who: Ghost Light: Books Ghost Light Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating232 members 3.79 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating232 votes 3.79 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating6 votes 4.85 / 5 Member Statistics Read 13 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Owned 1 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S26 • Serial 2 · (3 episodes) Ghost Light Rating: 3.80 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Seventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote