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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Monday, October 6, 1997

Pages

281

Time Travel

Past

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

War, World War II

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Jersey, Earth, England, London

Synopsis

Britain is at war. Night after night the Luftwaffe are bombing London. A serial killer dubbed the Limehouse Lurker is stalking the rubble-strewn streets. But a deadlier threat falls from the sky in the shape of a sinister silver sphere...

Cody McBride, ex-pat American private eye, sees the sphere crash-land and split open — and glimpses something emerging from within. But the military dismiss his account of events — the sphere is simply a new German secret weapon that has malfunctioned in some way. What else could it be?

Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Ace are the only people to believe McBride. The sphere bears all the hallmarks of sophisticated alien technology — and whatever was inside it is now loose in London.

Before long, they have embarked on a trail that brings them face to face with hidden Nazi operatives — and some very old enemies...

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Absolutely loved this story! I borrowed the audiobook version from the library and Sophie Aldred's narration is spot on, all the way through. The story itself is well paced and makes excellent use of its wartime setting to create an exciting, atmospheric listen.


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