Stories Audio Drama The Fourth Doctor Adventures The Fourth Doctor Adventures Episode 5 Trail of the White Worm 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, May 31, 2012 Written by Alan Barnes Runtime 53 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Dark Peak, Derbyshire, Earth, England Synopsis The legend dates back to Roman times, at least: a great White Worm, as wide as a man, slithers out of the rocks of the Dark Peak Gap to take animals, sometimes even children, for its food. When the Doctor and Leela arrive in the wilds of Derbyshire, only to get caught up in the hunt for a missing girl, they soon discover that the legend of the Worm is very much alive - even now, in 1979. Worse still, it seems that the Doctor isn't the only renegade Time Lord on the trail of this deadly and mysterious Worm… NOTE: The adventure continues in Doctor Who: The Oseidon Adventure. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Leela Hugh Spindleton First Appearance The Decayed Master Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Trail of the White Worm: Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Trail of the White Worm Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 7 January 2025 · 132 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This one moves at a crazy fast pace, like it's been sped up. Perhaps the director knew they had a lot of script to get through and not enough time to get through it. I like the northern England setting. Leela is intelligent and outwits a local which is nice to experience. Tom is clearly enjoying the comedic tone of the story - it's a great romp! Amongst other things the doctor and leela get stuck in the belly of a space worm. The reveal of the Beevers master works well but it could have been built up a little more. Overall it is quite a fluffy first part to the finale of Tom Baker's first season at BF. Looking forward to seeing if my perspective of this story changes after part 2. Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating77 members 3.40 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating229 votes 3.53 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating153 votes 3.60 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 146 Favourited 6 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 7 Related Stories The Fourth Doctor Adventures S1 • Episode 6 The Oseidon Adventure Rating: 3.44 Story Skipped Audio Drama Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
