Stories Audio Drama The Fourth Doctor Adventures White Ghosts 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 4 Statistics Quotes 2 Overview Released Friday, February 14, 2014 Written by Alan Barnes Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 69 minutes Synopsis A close encounter with a stray missile leads the Doctor to materialise his TARDIS on a planet that hangs in the dark at the edge of the known universe. A planet so dark that it exists in near-permanent night. A planet that enjoys just a single day’s light once every thousand years… Exactly what happens on the planet in its rare daylight hours – that’s what a geographical survey headed by Senior Tutor Bengel is stationed here to establish. They, the Doctor and Leela are about to discover that when daylight comes, the White Ghosts rise… So don’t be afraid of the dark. The cover of night is a mercy. 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 How to listen to White Ghosts: Big Finish Audio White Ghosts 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 4 reviews 3 June 2025 · 389 words Review by Ryebean Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Creepy horror story... probably shouldn't have listened to this at midnight... The Doctor loses a lot of his charm and wit in this dark story (no pun intended), which allows Tom Baker to show off his more aggressive portrayal of the Doctor. This reflects the tone and monsters of the story, which are very primal and... well, monstrous. His resolution to the problem is extremely bleak, and makes the listener consider their trust in the Doctor to make the right decision. Additionally, it seems that 11 wasn't the first one to yell "Geronimo." In contrast, the listener gets some well-deserved insight into Leela's mind, showing off her strained relationship with the Doctor and how she must work to repair it, but how she still respects him, using her education and warrior instinct to overcome her opponents, which highlights how much she's grown over the course of her travels. Leela is further represented as desperate when without learning about her opponents with the help of the Doctor, as she is hysterical when running from Morandi. As I've previously mentioned, the monsters are incredibly vicious, and it's very scary when they're running about, and even talking to the Doctor, teetering on transforming. It's a horror element that feels claustrophobic and makes the listener feel uneasy when with the Doctor and Leela. The revelation that Leela could also have become one of them was a very clever trick, as it meant that there were no boundaries between the heroes and the monsters. The plants were a nice red-herring, as the listener is made to believe they're the monsters when it sets up the real enemy. However, something I felt was unearned was the plot twists that started in the middle of episode 2 - there was no buildup to it and was unfortunately sudden. The sound design in this story is phenomenal. Absolutely stellar. The music, the "vines", and something that always made me feel creeped out were the Harvesters' machines. I've never heard anything like it - I'm in love with the hard work that Jamie Robertson has clearly put in to make this sound stunning. If anyone is looking for a Big Finish audio to listen to on Halloween, this is the one! Creepy, claustrophobic, dark - and deeply looks into the Doctor and Leela in a way we've never seen before. Ryebean View profile Like Liked 0 27 March 2025 · 53 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 This story got a lot more attention from me on this listen I really liked the Dilemma and loved the Leela in her head planning her fight strategy moments in part 2 I feel the back half of part 1 is a little slow dragging it down a bit but over all it’s quite good Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 18 February 2025 · 55 words Review by BSCTDrayden 1 Incredible concepts and tension, let down solely by weak book ends. I feel like the resolution to the conflict at the end of King of Sontar is a bit too quick and easy. And the last 10-15 mins kinda lost me and felt like too many new elements being added. Still, really enjoyed it overall! BSCTDrayden View profile Like Liked 1 16 January 2025 · 301 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Segundo áudio da 3° Temporada da linha “Fourth Doctor Adventures” – O Doutor e a Leela chegam a um planeta que está prestes a ser atingido por um míssil, os dois tentam tirar os habitantes de lá para que não sejam atingidos. No entanto, descobrem que os habitantes são humanos geneticamente alterados em um misterioso projeto cientifico, e seu planeta está repleto de plantas assassinas que crescem na escuridão. Sinceramente, achei o andamento e a condução narrativa dessa história muito esquisita - Conforme acompanha, você fica com uma sensação de não estar ao certo sabendo da extensão completa do que está acontecendo. Embora mantenha simples, o escritor vai adicionando e inserindo coisas de uma forma que pra mim foi bem esquisita e até mesmo aleatório – Primeiro temos a situação do planeta escuro que raramente tem luz, depois as plantas famintas chamadas de “White Ghosts” com seu estranho ciclo de vida, depois os humanoides proto-vampíricos geneticamente modificados, depois envolve os Time Lords no meio de tudo tipo...sei lá, parece que o Alan Barnes teve várias ideias e foi espremendo tudo em sua curta escrita. Meu destaque (talvez o único rsrs) vai para a Leela, ela está magnifica nessa história. A cena inicial é muito boa, vemos que ela usou todo tempo (dias) que o Doutor não falou com sua companion por conta do ocorrido em “The King Of Sontar” (áudio anterior) – Para aprender e aprimorar sua leitura, Leela leu vários livros, ficou fissurada neles a ponto de acreditar nas ficções que leu kkkkkk . - Leela: “Bom, como estamos sempre pousando na Inglaterra. Achei sensato aprender sobre os monstros que vivem lá. Doutor, veja isso. Existem ogros, trolls e gigantes. Tem até porcos que falam!” . - Doutor: “Oww Leela...Não se deve acreditar em tudo que se lê nos livros” KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK According to the audio of the 3rd Season of the "Fourth Doctor Adventures" series - The Doctor and Leela arrive at a planet that is about to be struck by a missile, and they try to get the inhabitants out so they are not hit. However, they find that the inhabitants are genetically altered humans in a mysterious scientific project, and their planet is full of killer plants that grow in the darkness. Honestly, I found the pacing and narrative execution of this story very odd - As you follow it, you get a sense of not quite knowing the full extent of what is happening. Although it keeps simple, the writer keeps adding and inserting things in a way that for me was very odd and even random - First, we have the situation of the dark planet that rarely has light, then the hungry plants called "White Ghosts" with their strange life cycle, then the genetically modified proto-vampiric humanoids, then it involves the Time Lords in the middle of everything like... I don't know, it seems like Alan Barnes had several ideas and was squeezing everything into his short writing. My highlight (perhaps the only one haha) goes to Leela; she is magnificent in this story. The initial scene is very good, we see that she used all the time (days) that the Doctor did not talk to his companion due to what happened in "The King Of Sontar" (previous audio) - To learn and improve her reading, Leela read several books, became obsessed with them to the point of believing in the fictions she read haha. Leela: "Well, as we are always landing in England. I thought it sensible to learn about the monsters that live there. Doctor, look at this. There are ogres, trolls, and giants. There are even pigs that talk!" Doctor: "Oww Leela... You should not believe everything you read in books." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating64 members 3.43 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 121 Favourited 4 Reviewed 4 Saved 3 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite LEELA: Well, we are always landing in England. I thought it wise to learn about the monsters that live there. DOCTOR: Mmm, that makes sense. LEELA: Doctor, see here. There are ogres and trolls and giants. There are even pigs who talk! DOCTOR: You don’t say. — White Ghosts Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window