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<TD WIDTH="275" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'The Ice Kings'</B><FONT SIZE="3"><BR><BR>by Niel Bushnell</TD>
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Maureen O'Brien reads an action-packed original adventure for the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi.
<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><BR><BR><B>Publication Date:</B>
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5th January 2023

<BR><BR><B>Notes:</B>
<BR>*Featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Nardole
<BR><BR>*A BBC audiobooks 'Doctor Who Audio Original' production
<BR><BR>*Time-placing: The framing events of this story occur in 1994, placing it between the television stories 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio' and 'The Pilot'
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