Is there any value in fiction? Vicki doesn't think so. But as the TARDIS is invaded by a robot rabbit and Steven and Vicki become trapped outside, to what lengths must the Doctor go to find their happily ever after?
This is an unauthorized reading of a story taken from Doctor Who: Short Trips and Sidesteps, published in 2000 by BBC Books.
Two siblings mourn the loss of their mother. But not because she was a good person. No one else sees her in the same way as they do. Until a little man in a book store coffee shop gives them the chance to discover the answer the question that can no longer be answered.
Who really was the monster that became their mother?
I think many audiobook listeners would agree that the definitive version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde would be the abridged reading by Tom Baker.
Here is an unabridged version to whet your appetite for the forthcoming Big Finish version due for release in August 2022, adapted by Nicholas Briggs.
It may sound strange being read by an Australian, but it was written by a Scottsman and set in London so why not?
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This is a short story I originally started to write as a project for a creative writing evening class I was attending. At that time I had been quite obessed about the details surrounding the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996, and this story, in a way, was a result of my complete lack of comprehension of the crime.
I structured it deliberately in episodic form (3 parts), and when an opportunity came to pitch it to Big Finish, I inserted the characters of the 5th Doctor and Nyssa (who I swapped the original character "Mary" for). The Doctor Who version was never completed as a pitch only consists of a synopsis and 1 page of story.
But here is the original story without the Doctor Who elements. I hope you like it.
This also gives me the opportunity to change the title back to the name I originally intended, because when the text version was published, the publisher insisted on changing the name to Loneliness "OR" a Warm Gun. I was never happy with that. I'm big on story names and I had a very specific reason why I chose this one. Yes, I stole it from The Beatles.
Please visit the Big Finish website to grab your free copy of this years winning entry into the Paul Spragg writers opportunity. https://www.bigfinish.com/
