Doctor Who: The Ice Kings

<p><b>Maureen O''Brien reads an action-packed original adventure for the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi.</b><br><br>When Professor Irene Hyde''s Monday morning lecture at St Luke''s University is rudely interrupted by a man named the Doctor, it''s the beginning of an adventure she could never have dreamt possible.<br><br>Soon they are hurtling backwards in time to 1806, where the crew of the trading ship <i>Favorite</i>, led by the ''Ice King'' himself, Frederic Tudor, are being picked off, one by one, by a hideous monster that lurks in the shadows.<br><br>A head frozen in ice provides a further complication to matters, as the robotic Nekkre awakes determined to vanquish all-comers. With the Doctor seriously weakened, Irene must tap into hidden reserves of courage if they are to have any hope of returning to 21st Century England...<br><br>Maureen O''Brien, who played the Doctor''s companion Vicki in the BBC TV series, reads Niel Bushnell''s thrilling original tale.<br