The First Doctor Boxset
| The First Doctor Boxset | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories |
| Release no. | 09 |
| Featuring |
Susan Foreman Ian Chesterton |
| Written by |
Moris Farhi (adapted by Nigel Robinson) |
| Directed by | John Ainsworth |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | BFPDWLS09 |
| Length | 288 minutes |
| Release date | 10 November 2010 |
The First Doctor Boxset is a Big Finish Productions audio drama set based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is in the Companion Chronicles format, a "talking book" narrated by the Doctor's companions with guest-star's voices, music and sound effects.
The First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara arrive in 323 BC, Babylon and befriend the King of Macedon, the ruler of the known world, Alexander the Great. They join Alexander on his travels, along with his generals and officers, including his brave but contemptuous father figure Cleitus, the wise Calanus of India, the nobel young Hephaestion, the Nubian bodyguard Ptolemy, the prophetic priest Iollas and the cunning Seleucus. Over the course of their weeks together, Alexander's greatest friends suffer horrible deaths. Suspicion falls on the Doctor and his companions, who must prove their worth to escape execution. But when the great king himself falls ill, his life is in their hands.
The TARDIS arrives on a beautiful utopian world known as Fragrance. The Doctor persuades the peaceful inhabitants to build a filament that could improve his ship's navigation. And Barbara spends time with a young man named Rhythm, who falls in love with her. When his feelings are not reciprocated, his life is forfeit.
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