A fan-favourite from the Virgin Missing Adventures range, Goth Opera has now been adapted by Lizbeth Myles into a three-part audio play from Big Finish Productions. Peter Davison stars as the Doctor, alongside Janet Fielding as Tegan and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa. 

The story sees the Doctor and his companions encountering vampires who live among us on Earth – a problem made worse by a Time Lady intent on bringing forth an army of bloodsuckers and Nyssa receiving an unfortunate bite. 

The cast of Goth Opera also includes Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Fool Me Once), who reads the prologue as Rassilon, plus Natalie Gumede (Titans, Jekyll and Hyde) as villainous Time Lady Ruath and Micah Balfour (The Gold, The Bill) as Yarven, the supposed Vampire Messiah. 

Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera is now available to own for just £22.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £18.99 (download only), exclusively here. 

Manchester, 1993. The Time Lady Ruath, an old friend of the Doctor's, arrives on the planet to inform Earth's vampires that the arrival of their legendary messiah is imminent. His rising will herald an age of endless night where the undead reign supreme. All that is needed is the blood of a Time Lord. 

In Tasmania, the Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are enjoying the sun and plenty of cricket. When they are attacked by vampires, they escape unscathed, except for Nyssa who suffers two small puncture wounds to her neck. Compelled by her attacker to remain silent, she can tell no-one what she's turning into. 

Why is Ruath so determined to see the descendants of the Great Vampire rise to power? If only the Doctor knew the truth, she's certain he would turn to her side, and help to secure the future of Vampire kind, no matter how much humanity must suffer. 

Peter Davison said: “It’s a fun story, and the Doctor has a history of fighting vampires, which I was never aware of. Vampires and his strange love of tea are the two things that the Doctor has to cope with in this story!” 

Sarah Sutton said: “It’s a very good story for Nyssa. The idea of Nyssa with fangs is quite something. I remember when I first saw the cover for this novel, when it was put in front of me to sign at a convention, and I was shocked at the amount of blood on Nyssa’s costume. So I made a complaint about that, and the next time I saw it, they’d reduced the amount of blood!” 

Janet Fielding added: “It’s a corker of a story. Very good plot, it’s very action packed, the sense of jeopardy is quite high. And Sarah does very good evil. I’m not looking at her in the same way again.” 

Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera is now available to own for just £22.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) or £18.99 (download only), exclusively here. 

For a very limited time, all titles in the Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations range are available at discounted prices. Click here to browse the selection. These offers end at 23:59 (UK time) on 22 July 2024. 

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