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Trapped underground, the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey encounter a small boy who claims to be Aladdin, in search of a fabled lamp. He joins them on their own quest, to find a power source in this weird domain and switch it off. Many obstacles lie in their way. Vast rooms stuffed with exotic items give...

As a new day breaks over Nest Cottage, the Doctor and Mike know they have to face their enemy for a final confrontation. Reduced to miniature size, and with Mrs Wibbsey along as an unwilling adventurer, they venture inside the hornets’ nest itself. The Queen lies in wait for the enemy which...

The circus has come to town - and so has the Doctor! Watching the parade pass by in 1832, he finds the people of Blandford strangely drawn towards the garish big top, and knows that something is terribly wrong. The only thing to do is pay a visit. Meanwhile Adam Farrow finds his sister caught up...

The Doctor arrives in a bleak English midwinter of long ago. Plunging into the snowy landscape of the Dark Ages, he learns that wild dogs besiege the local Tilling Abbey every night. When he is given shelter by the sisters of the abbey, the Doctor begs an audience with the Mother Superior they...

Two things arrive on the same night in Central Park, New York, 1976. The first is a fireball from space, bringing with it a new identity for one Alice Trefusis. The second is the TARDIS, carrying the Doctor and his friends on the trail of an unusual comic book cover. The Doctor's strength is...

In the icy wastes of the Murgin Pass, the Doctor and Mike take refuge in a remote lodge alongside Albert Tiermann, storyteller to the king. But the owner’s hospitality is repaid with a grisly attack, and suddenly death is amongst the small party. What is the significance of a book of fairy...

Tiermann's World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife and their son that a terrible danger is on its way. The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated...

In a distant galaxy, the Tsar and Tsarina rule over the Robotov Empire from the safety of their palace, whilst human workers tend the power plants on satellite moons. When the Doctor arrives with Mrs Wibbsey, his identity is immediately mistaken, and the Tsarina believes that her old ally...

It’s been many months since the Doctor was in Hexford, and Mrs Wibbsey keenly feels his absence. As her grave suspicions about her new neighbour grow, she is in danger of becoming ostracised from village life. When Mike Yates turns up at Nest Cottage with a visitor in tow, Mrs Wibbsey’s life...

It has been three months since the Hexford catastrophe, and Mike Yates is trying to show strength of leadership to the villagers. But with morale low and supplies running out, it is increasingly difficult to keep his own hopes up. Unless somebody finds them soon, the future looks bleak. So when...

Someone has painted the Doctor's likeness into a famous poster by Toulouse-Lautrec, leading Mrs Wibbsey and him to Paris in the 1890s. There the streets are thronged with artists and their muses - ladies of the night such as the young girl La Charlotte. But a murderer is also at large, and...

The TARDIS arrives on Sepulchre, and the Doctor and Mike find themselves in an old, dark house. Who awaits the two men there? What plans have been laid for their arrival? They soon discover from their host – and his housekeeper – that this is the culmination of a terrible, grand plan – one...

Kidnapped by armed robots and whisked into the far future, the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey embark upon another epic adventure in Time and Space. Plunged into conflict between warring Robotovs, humans and the deadly Skishtari, they come into possession of a Skishtari egg, whose powers are both...

It's 1967 and Britain is as cool and fabulous as Dodie Golightly. She's a mystery writer, is sharp, cool and every woman would like to be her. Travel with Dodie, her assistant, Cassandra, and her best friend, TV personality, Timothy Bold as they embark on a phantasmagorical journey against the...

Доди и Кассандра в подавленном настроении возвращаются домой. Дом, который раньше служил Доди уютным убежищем, теперь кажется ей пустым и неуютным. Ее преследуют воспоминания о прошлом. Кто эта маленькая девочка, которая горько плачет, ссутулившись над тетрадкой с домашней работой? И кто он, этот ее ужасный учитель? Имя Доди тоже есть в жутком списке, поэтому теперь ей просто необходимо сделать все на отлично…

Поместье напрочь занесено снегом. Оставшиеся в живых гости боятся собственной тени, а больше всего – других гостей. Кажется, весь литературный цвет общества вот-вот съедет с катушек, но, похоже, у одного из писателей есть важная информация, которая поможет всем выжить. Наши герои пережили схватки с призраками, автоматонами и фанатиками, но смогут ли они пережить ночь?..

Доди встречается с главным редактором издательства «Мефистофель и Ко», только вот он чего-то ужасно боится. А на этаже, где происходит съемка телешоу с участием Тимоти, творятся странные вещи... Но главная задача Доди и Кассандры – успеть к одному из авторов детективной антологии, пока того не постигла участь его же персонажа.

Доди, Тимоти и Кассандра отправляются в путь. Они едут в заснеженный Йоркшир к богемной писательнице, которая отказывается верить в то, что ее рассказы могут стать реальностью. Ха-ха, разве существуют в жизни огромные кровососущие мотыльки?.. Однако кровавые следы на снегу заставляют наших героев несколько пересмотреть свои взгляды на жизнь.

Доди, Тимоти и Кассандра едут в Эдинбург. Кассандра никак не может прийти в себя после того, как она узнала жуткую тайну, навсегда изменившую ее жизнь. Есть свои секреты и у Тимоти. Но всех по-прежнему волнует один вопрос: кто станет следующей жертвой ужасного списка?..

Доди Голайтли зарабатывает на жизнь убийствами. На дворе 1967 год, и детективные романы – ее профессия. Она сделала много ужасных вещей со своими персонажами, но внезапно сама попадает в странный список писателей: напротив ее имени нарисован череп, а все писатели из списка потихоньку начинают умирать...