Christopher Naylor reads a brand new adventure for the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara.

The TARDIS materialises on board Cavis Sunliners Flight 307, a regularly scheduled passenger flight using a revolutionary type of interstellar travel.

The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan and her schoolteachers Ian and Barbara meet Chief Officer Sopel, beleaguered commander of the vessel.

Following an act of sabotage the ship is boarded by a large, levitating alien creature who demands the return of ‘an artefact’. Influencing the ship’s AI pilot, Pym, the Kleede threatens to shut off all life support.

With Pym and the Kleede engaged in a deadlock battle for control, and more aliens on their way, the Doctor must help the crew outwit their attackers. But time is running out…

Christopher Naylor reads Paul Hayes's story set in the earliest era of Doctor Who on TV.

Reading produced by Morrison Ellis
Sound design by David Roocroft
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens

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