Doctor Who The Empty House, Simon Guerrier
Doctor Who The Empty House, Simon Guerrier
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Doctor Who: The Empty House

Author: Simon Guerrier

Narrator: Raquel Cassidy

Unabridged: 1 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Thrown off course by a howling storm, the TARDIS lands in a bleak, desolate stretch of countryside. The Doctor deduces that it has arrived in Hampshire in the 1920s and, sniffing the air, he smells a distinct odour of sulphur - indicating that a spaceship has crashed in the area. While Rory goes to fetch an umbrella, Amy and the Doctor brave the rain to find the stricken craft. It is huge, shiny, silvery-blue - and completely empty. A set of footprints leads to a cosy-looking, old-fashioned cottage: but the house, too, is deserted. However, the Doctor and Amy can distinctly hear people talking - and one of the voices sounds like Rory's. How could he be in the cottage when he was last seen heading back to the TARDIS? Where are the residents of the empty house? And what has happened to the inhabitants of the spaceship? Written specially for audio by Simon Guerrier, The Empty House features the Doctor, Amy and Rory as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television. It is read by Raquel Cassidy, who played Miranda Cleaves in the 2011 TV episodes The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on October 20, 2020

Actual rating is 3.5 stars. This is an audiobook based on the television series. This one has the Eleventh Doctor with Amy and Rory as his companions. This one is basically this universe's version of a ghost story. I picked a good time to read this since it is that time of the year. This was quick, en......more

Goodreads review by Just a Girl Fighting Censorship on July 18, 2014

This story was just okay. I didn't find it to be very engaging or exciting. Although it is a Rory and Amy adventure, Rory is 'absent' for most of the story. The tone is meant to be somewhat like that of a ghost story. The plot, although it came first, felt very reminiscent of the episode Hide fr......more

Goodreads review by James on November 03, 2014

I should probably have chosen to listen to this during Halloween, since it’s a great ghost story. Spooky, atmospheric and well structured, this achieves its rather modest aims very well. As this was designed as an audio book, I have to give credit for the presentation. Raquel Cassidy was a superb cho......more

Goodreads review by Addyson on July 18, 2020

Man, that was a tense story!......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 28, 2019

Loved this story.......more


Quotes

Raquel Cassidy... reads the narrative with a sense of underlying menace, laying on the atmosphere and spookiness throughout the adventure, and doing a fine job of capturing the nuances and personalities of the TARDIS crew www.hertsad.co.uk