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SARAH JANE SMITH: GHOST TOWN
Sarah and Josh set off for a well-deserved break in a remote Romanian village, hidden deep in the Carpathian Mountains. They're staying with Sarah's old friend, Yolande Benstead, a retired journalist and ex-pat who lives in an eerie mansion with no one but her mysterious manservant for company. By chance Sarah has arrived at an appropriate time - the village has become the setting for a top-secret International Peace Conference.
Sarah is awoken in the night by a terrifying apparition. Is it a ghost or just a figment of her imagination? What is that unbearable noise? And will the others believe her story?
But Miss Smith is not the only one who's had a fright. Conference delegates are being terrified too. Literally scared to death. Is there something curious about the old house or something deadly about the whole village? It's down to Sarah and Josh to piece together the mystery that surrounds this Ghost Town.
Written By: Rupert Laight
Directed By: Gary Russell
Cast
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith); Jeremy James (Josh); Ingrid Evans (Yolande); Brian Miller (Abbotly); Robert Jezek (Jack McElroy); Elizabeth Faulkner (Candice McElroy); Mark Donovan (Professor Vodanski)
Sarah is awoken in the night by a terrifying apparition. Is it a ghost or just a figment of her imagination? What is that unbearable noise? And will the others believe her story?
But Miss Smith is not the only one who's had a fright. Conference delegates are being terrified too. Literally scared to death. Is there something curious about the old house or something deadly about the whole village? It's down to Sarah and Josh to piece together the mystery that surrounds this Ghost Town.
Written By: Rupert Laight
Directed By: Gary Russell
Cast
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith); Jeremy James (Josh); Ingrid Evans (Yolande); Brian Miller (Abbotly); Robert Jezek (Jack McElroy); Elizabeth Faulkner (Candice McElroy); Mark Donovan (Professor Vodanski)
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Published October 1, 202
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June 19, 2018
Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith audio play, Ghost Town is a ghost story. Sarah and Josh, after the events of the last story in this series, decide to have a holiday and visit Sarah's friend, retired journalist Yolande Benstead. Yolanda now lives in a small village in Romania that is hosting an international peace conference. Josh and Sarah arrive, catch-up with Yolande and meet her butler, Dmitri. Dmitri had simply turned-up at her doorstep one rainy night, in quite a state and with no memory, not even of his own name. Yolande took him in as a kindness.
The first night she is there, Sarah is attacked by something horrible in her room. She doesn't believe in ghosts but doesn't know how to explain the feelings of fear and dread she experienced. The next day, Sarah and Josh learn that similar cases of hauntings have been happening all over the village. And two of the delegates to the conference also had similar experiences.
The next night, Yolande invites a visiting American couple to dinner. Paul is with the conference, and his wife, Candy, is accompanying him. But that night, the horror strikes again - and Candy is frightened to death.
Dmitri also confronts someone at Yolande's house - but because Sarah is attacked again at the same time, no one realises what's happened. The intruder shoots Dmitri dead. However, Dmitri leaves a clue. Sarah investigates at a nearby library and then at the university. She discovers Dmitri is really a research scientist and lecturer in sonics, who had disappeared recently. Sarah and Josh inform the department chairperson that his scientist is dead. Returning to the village, Sarah checks out the recording equipment from the previous night - there is nothing there.
She goes to the pub and confronts Christian, an ex-pat living in the village who had tried to talk her into having dinner with him. She obtains evidence against him, confirming her theory, and manages with help from Josh to stop him from harming herself. Christian Ian Abbotly is the "CIA" Dmitri warned them about. It seems Dmitri was a scientist, lured away from his university to work on sonic weapons. He developed a weapon that, using radio waves, projects feelings of horror and dread - feelings of fear so strong they can even cause death. Each of the victims had a radio in his or her room that picked up the deadly signals.
Ghost Town runs a bit short, but it is a very atmospheric and spooky story. Romania is the perfect setting for an entire village suddenly besieged by ghosts. Sarah's friend, Yolande, is an excellent addition to the story. I hope she returns, though I doubt she will. She's also a bit of a warning to Sarah. Yolande had been a cutting-edge journalist in the 60s but eventually, she was pushed out of the profession because no one wanted to back her anymore.
Recommended.
The CD version includes several trailers for other Big Finish productions.
The first night she is there, Sarah is attacked by something horrible in her room. She doesn't believe in ghosts but doesn't know how to explain the feelings of fear and dread she experienced. The next day, Sarah and Josh learn that similar cases of hauntings have been happening all over the village. And two of the delegates to the conference also had similar experiences.
The next night, Yolande invites a visiting American couple to dinner. Paul is with the conference, and his wife, Candy, is accompanying him. But that night, the horror strikes again - and Candy is frightened to death.
Dmitri also confronts someone at Yolande's house - but because Sarah is attacked again at the same time, no one realises what's happened. The intruder shoots Dmitri dead. However, Dmitri leaves a clue. Sarah investigates at a nearby library and then at the university. She discovers Dmitri is really a research scientist and lecturer in sonics, who had disappeared recently. Sarah and Josh inform the department chairperson that his scientist is dead. Returning to the village, Sarah checks out the recording equipment from the previous night - there is nothing there.
She goes to the pub and confronts Christian, an ex-pat living in the village who had tried to talk her into having dinner with him. She obtains evidence against him, confirming her theory, and manages with help from Josh to stop him from harming herself. Christian Ian Abbotly is the "CIA" Dmitri warned them about. It seems Dmitri was a scientist, lured away from his university to work on sonic weapons. He developed a weapon that, using radio waves, projects feelings of horror and dread - feelings of fear so strong they can even cause death. Each of the victims had a radio in his or her room that picked up the deadly signals.
Ghost Town runs a bit short, but it is a very atmospheric and spooky story. Romania is the perfect setting for an entire village suddenly besieged by ghosts. Sarah's friend, Yolande, is an excellent addition to the story. I hope she returns, though I doubt she will. She's also a bit of a warning to Sarah. Yolande had been a cutting-edge journalist in the 60s but eventually, she was pushed out of the profession because no one wanted to back her anymore.
Recommended.
The CD version includes several trailers for other Big Finish productions.
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April 25, 2020
A very good story! Love the relationship between Sarah Jane and Josh!
August 5, 2023
Nothing special but enjoyable nonetheless.
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