Doctor Who Logo 'The English Way of Death'
by Gareth Roberts
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'He plans to destroy the world, next Tuesday.'

'How vulgar,' replied the Doctor. 'Nobody does anything of importance on a Tuesday.'


It's the sweltering summer of 1930, and Londoners are enjoying the heatwave. The Doctor, Romana and K-9 plan to take a rest after their recent adventures, but the TARDIS warns them of time pollution in the locality.

What connects the isolated Sussex resort of Nutchurch with the secret society run by the eccentric Percy Closed? Why has millionaire Hepworth Stackhouse dismissed his staff and hired assassin Julia Orlostro? And what is the truth behind the infernal vapour known only as Zodaal?

The Doctor's tribulations as he attempts to answer these questions will excite and enthral discerning readers throughtout the land.


Publication Date:
March 1996

Notes:
*Featuring the Fourth Doctor, the Second Romana, and K-9 MKII

*A Virgin Books 'Missing Adventures' novel






*A Version of this story was subsequently released as a full cast audio play by 'Big Finish Productions' in January 2015:

Doctor Who Logo 'The English Way of Death'
(2 Parts)

by Gareth Roberts,
adapted by John Dorney
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The Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive in 1930s London to return some overdue library books. They plan to take a rest after their recent adventures, but Romana detects a distress signal from the future and the Doctor is attacked by a suffocating green mist.

Tom Baker (The Doctor), Lalla Ward (Romana), John Leeson (K-9), Terrence Hardiman (Stackhouse), Derek Carlyle (Orlick), Richard Braine (Percy Closed), Abigail McKern (Felicia), Annabel Mullion (Julia), Mark Bonnar (Porteus), Tim Bentinck (Colonel Radlett), Andrew Bone (Woodrow), Jane Slavin (Harriet)

Directed by Nicholas Briggs

Notes:
*Featuring the Fourth Doctor, the Second Romana, and K-9 MKII

*A Big Finish 'New Adventures' audio production