Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
4th Doctor Novelisation
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Narrated by:
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Geoffrey Beevers
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By:
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Terrance Dicks
About this listen
Geoffrey Beevers read this exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, as played on TV by Tom Baker, featuring the Master.
For ages past, the Union of Traken has lived in peace and harmony thanks to the power of the Source, controlled by generations of Keepers. But the current Keeper, his powers waning, senses some all-pervading evil about to invade his world. He summons the Doctor to his aid. To save Traken the Doctor fights the terrifying Melkur - only to find that this new enemy conceals an older and even deadlier foe - one the Doctor has encountered before...
Geoffrey Beevers, who played the Master in the TV series, reads Terrance Dicks's novelisation of a 1981 TV serial by Johnny Byrne, the penultimate story of the Fourth Doctor's era.
Cover illustration by Andrew Skilleter
Novelisation copyright © Terrance Dicks 1982
Original script copyright © Johnny Byrne 1982
Reading produced by Neil Gardner
Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd
Sound design by Simon Power for Meon Productions - www.meonsound.com
Executive producer: Michael Stevens
©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution LtdListeners also enjoyed...
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Reviews101
- 22-08-22
Tom’s penultimate ‘adventure’
Audiobooks tend to reveal annoying quirks in a writer's writing style, and this one is no exception. As a result, we find the writer has a tendency to use descriptive words that end in ‘ly’ every few sentences - redly, quickly, hastily, angrily, madly, easily, etc etc. It does get irritating. Surprising, when sci-fi supremo Terrance Dicks wrote the thing.
The Keeper of Traken was, I think, the penultimate Tom Baker Doctor Who adventure, and for much of this story he’s not in it. Late period Fourth Doctor stories were never my favourite and this one also follows the airy-fairy style of others from this era - I preferred the earlier, simpler tales, with proper fights with proper monsters, less talking and Sarah and Harry being the companions.
Melkur, the villainous statue in this story looks like something a thirteen year old Art student would cobble together and since the age of ten I’ve always hated that he looked so crap.
There seems to be a tenuous Lord of the Rings link with some of the character names (Saeron, Melkur) and a need for ‘all the rings to unite’ to defeat The Keeper. Hmm.
That said, this is another solid audio production and excellent performance, with a great last few chapters, and would recommend it.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Phantom
- 28-07-24
A brilliant story and narration by the incomparable Geoffrey Beevers
One of the best and well written stories of the last season of the fourth Doctor. The narration is first class. The only bugbear is the truly awful music played after the credits, totally unnecessary and very irritating. It isn’t just this release that features it. It ruins the experience of what would otherwise be a very enjoyable way of reconnecting with classic Doctor Who stories. It always has me leaping for the off switch as it starts. Please, do us all a favour and stop using it, it adds nothing to the experience.
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