Doctor Who: Ghosts

Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor and River Song #3

by Jonathan Morris

River and the Doctor meet on the most haunted planet in the galaxy. The Doctor’s not sure it’s an ideal date - until they discover a mystery.
Something is wrong with the ghosts. Something might even be killing them...
And as the Doctor and River investigate, the truth of what’s happening on the planet of ghosts may prove deadly for them both.

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Audiobook

1 pages, Audiobook

First published November 25, 2020

About the author

Jonathan Morris is one of the most prolific and popular writers of Doctor Who books, including the highly-regarded novels 'Festival of Death' and 'Touched by an Angel' and the recent guide to monsters, 'The Monster Vault'. He has also written numerous comic strips, most of which were collected in 'The Child of Time', and audios for BBC Audio and Big Finish, including the highly-regarded comedies 'Max Warp' and 'The Auntie Matter', as well as the adaptation of Russell T Davies’ 'Damaged Goods'.

Recently he has started his own audio production company, Average Romp. Releases include a full-cast adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Chimes', an original play, 'When Michael Met Benny', and three episodes of a SF sitcom, 'Dick Dixon in the 21st Century'.

For details visit www.averageromp.com

He also originated his own series, Vienna and script-edited the Nigel Planer series 'Jeremiah Bourne in Time'. He’s also written documentaries and for TV sketch shows.

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 10th Doctor gets an invitation from one River Song, now known as an Ace dancer in Strictly come Dancing and totally nothing to do with this story whatsoever but just wanted to mention it.
They find themselves on a planet which is in essence a giant cemetary. The only inhabitants are ghosts. The Doctor does not believe in ghosts but has no answer when they encounter themselves as ghosts. The Doctor knows when River going to die and thus knows she is going to survive.
So who are you going to call.......?

An enjoyable tale with Alex Kingston and David Tennant who are surprisingly gentle with eachother.

[Graham Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than the last River and 10 story. Still bit weird and I guessed one of the twists but I enjoyed River and 10's dynamic as always.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another delightfully silly and clever bundle of timey-whimey stuff that seems really only conceivable when the Tenth Doctor and River Song are involved. This one didn’t quite play out as fun as I’d hope it might, but it was still shamelessly entertaining.

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

10thドクターとリバーの物語がリリースされると知った時すごく嬉しいような怖いような複雑な気持ちがしたけれど、聴いてみたらすごくよかった！
とてもうまい導入だなぁと。”Forest of the Dead”を彷彿とさせつつ、とても切ないんだけれど10thとリバーらしいお話だったなぁと。特に最後のやりとりはリバーの優しさがたまらない感じだった。

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

River and the Doctor meet up on the most haunted planet in the universe -- a place famous for ghost tourism. Except something's killing off the ghosts. The episode may be just a little too high-concept, and therefore a bit confusing. I'm not entirely sure that it made a whole lot of sense in the end, so you just have to kind of . . . roll with it.

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great story with a believable explanation for the OC behavior of the characters. It a interesting story that kept me on my toes because I was as clueless as the characters. I recommend this set of stories with 10 and River.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one's quite brilliant. Maybe one of the best I've heard from Big Finish. Hope there's more to this series. River and the Tenth are a really great pair that we never saw too much of on the series.

[Stuart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably my favourite of the 10th Doctor and River set though they've all been enjoyable!

[Gabriel Mero · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've really enjoyed these Tenth Doctor and River Song adventures. This story acts as the series finale and desperately left me wanting more; hopefully Big Finish will release another series.

[Beatriz · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️
Smiles and tears all round. 😌🥰

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This would have made a great episode.

[Abigail · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites! Loved the twist!

[Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so much fun.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun little mystery with Ghosts, holograms and mist.

River and 10 are fun here, their chemistry makes this story go from a good story to a great story.

[Jus · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ending made me ALMOST cry. BF writers are on another plane of existence, I swear.