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Classic Who S26 • Serial 2 · (3 episodes)

Ghost Light

Sets:
Doctor Who (1963-1996)
Seventh Doctor

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Novelisation: "Doctor Who: Ghost Light"

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First aired Wednesday, October 4, 1989
Production Code 7Q
Written by Marc Platt
Directed by Alan Wareing
Runtime 75 minutes
Time Travel Past
Synopsis

The Doctor brings Ace to Gabriel Chase, an old house that she once burnt down in her hometown of Perivale. However, trying to get Ace to accept her guilt is not the real reason the Doctor came here; a mysterious and highly mentally unstable being slays below them.

3 Episodes:

First aired Wednesday, October 4, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Marc Platt
Directed by Alan Wareing
UK Viewers 4.2 million
Appreciation Index 68
Synopsis

The Doctor and Ace explore Victorian house Gabriel Chase and realise it hides just as many dark secrets in its drawing room as it does in its dark cellar.

First aired Wednesday, October 11, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Marc Platt
Directed by Alan Wareing
UK Viewers 4 million
Appreciation Index 68
Synopsis

The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.

First aired Wednesday, October 18, 1989
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Marc Platt
Directed by Alan Wareing
UK Viewers 4 million
Appreciation Index 64
Synopsis

Only Redvers, still searching for the elusive Saxe-Coburg, seems able to withstand Light and communicate with Control. Ace realises her past actions need to be dealt with.

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