An unabridged reading of this novelisation of a classic 1984 TV adventure for the Fifth Doctor.
Far into the future, the TARDIS hovers over the planet Frontios, refuge of survivors from Earth who escaped the disintegration of their home planet. The Doctor is reluctant to land, not wishing to intervene in a moment of historical crisis; the colonists are still struggling to establish themselves, and their continued existence hangs in the balance.
When the TARDIS is forced to crash land by an apparent meteorite storm, however, the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are marooned on the hope-forsaken planet. And somewhere, beneath the surface, the Tractators are waiting¿

Christopher H. Bidmead trained as an actor at RADA and subsequently played leading roles on the West End stage and television. For several years he was a regular voice on radio as a member of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. He began screenwriting while working with the RSC, and at the same time a interest in science drew him towards technical journalism. His articles in the New Statesman prompted BBC producer Robert Banks Stewart to recommend him for the post of script editor on Doctor Who at the beginning of the 1980s. Following his departure from the role Bidmead contributed scripts for three Doctor Who TV serials: Logopolis, Castrovalva and Frontios. For the past quarter century he has continued to work as an IT journalist, writing for a range of publications including Wired, the Daily Telegraph and PC Plus.