Doctor Who : The Faceless Ones

Doctor Who : The Faceless Ones.— [Bath:] BBC Audiobooks, 2005, ©2002.—

1 audio file (34791 KB) : (2 hr., 25 min.)
(Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989))
Downloadable audio file.
Title from title screen
Cast: Patrick Troughton (the Doctor), Frazer Hines (narrator, Jamie), Michael Craze (Ben Jackson), Anneke Wills (Polly), Pauline Collins (Samantha Briggs)
Originally published as a set of Compact Discs by the BBC in 2002, this edition is an audio version based on the television serial “The Faceless Ones,” first broadcast as part of the BBC television series “Doctor Who” between April 8 and May 13, 1967. The script for the serial is by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke. This audio version incorporates parts of the television soundtrack with additional narration.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN: 9781405696593

1. Alien abduction--Drama. 2. Doctor Who (Fictitious character) -- Drama. 3. Science fiction radio programs. 4. Science fiction television programs.

791.447

The Doctor and his three human companions land in the middle of a Gatwick Airport runway in 1966. After dodging an incoming flight they run off to the terminal only to discover that, "Inspector Gascoigne was murdered with a ray gun. A weapon that has not yet been developed on this Earth!" And that’s not all, there are some nefarious aliens skulking about the airport, and running a body-snatching scam in the guise of a charter airline (cleverly called Chameleon Tours) offering bargain priced tours to young people. Tours from which they never return.

The narration helps fill in for the loss of visual images in this adaptation of a television series to an audio only drama. Since most of the original TV version is now lost, this makes this version a vital one for obsessive fans, and a pleasant science fiction radio drama for others.