Description

Dan Starkey recounts a brand new adventure in Victorian Wales for the Eighth Doctor as played on TV by Paul McGann

In 1890s Cardiff reporter James MacFarlane is intrigued by rumours of anaesthesia frolics at which gatherings the latest frontier in pain relief is demonstrated to influential guests

After he speaks to someone who attended several such frolics and left with a hand and two fingers missing James realises that the events have a dark side Contriving an invitation he is astounded to find another guest also investigating its his old friend the Doctor

Reunited in mystery the Doctor and James enter the murky underbelly of polite Cardiff society where they uncover a shattering secret and a monster lurking at its heart

Dan Starkey who played Strax in the BBC TV series reads Andrew Lanes dark and brooding tale

Reading produced by Neil Gardner
Project Editor amp Executive Producer Michael Stevens
Sound Design David Darlington
2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd