Richard Franklin has narrated 8 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Doctor Who: The Nest Cottage Chronicles.
Doctor Who: The Nest Cottage Chronicles
Summary
Tom Baker stars as the Fourth Doctor in 15 full-cast audio dramas written by Paul Magrs, plus bonus features exclusive to this edition.
Hornets’ Nest: when former UNIT captain Mike Yates is reunited with a ghost from the past, he and the Doctor are soon united in battle once more, against alien insects intent on global domination.
Demon Quest: a key component from the TARDIS disappears, exchanged for a bag containing four curious objects. Each one is a clue, and so the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey embark on a chase through Time....
Serpent Crest: the Doctor acquires a Skishtari egg, whose powers are both wondrous and deadly. When the village of Hexford comes under attack, Mrs Wibbsey and Mike discover that two Doctors aren’t necessarily better than one....
With Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, these thrilling adventures also feature Michael Maloney, Rula Lenska, Samuel West, Jan Francis, David Troughton, Michael Jayston, Simon Shepherd, Sophie Ward, Andrew Sachs, Nerys Hughes and many others.
Also included in this edition are a previously unheard interview with Tom Baker, outtakes from the original studio sessions, promotional trailers and a PDF booklet featuring sleeve notes by writer Paul Magrs.
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©2015 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2015 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
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Richard Franklin narrates the exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure featuring the Third Doctor, as played byJon Pertwee. Eminent scientist Emil Keller has developed a revolutionary new process for the treatment of hardened criminals. His invention, the Keller Machine, is being heralded as a major scientific breakthrough. But Professor Keller is in truth the Master, and the Keller Machine is much more than a mere machine. Soon the Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier and UNIT are involved in a bitter struggle with the Master, an alien mind parasite, and a diabolical scheme to plunge the world into a Third World War.... Richard Franklin, who played Captain Mike Yates in the BBC TV series, narrates Terrance Dicks' novelisation of a 1971 TV serial by Don Houghton.
©2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Doctor Who: The Last of the Gaderene
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Richard Franklin reads an original novel by Mark Gatiss, featuring the Third Doctor as played on TV by Jon Pertwee.
The aerodrome in Culverton has new owners, and they promise an era of prosperity for the idyllic village. But former Spitfire pilot Alex Whistler is suspicious, and when black-shirted troops appear on the streets, he contacts his old friend, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart at UNIT.
The Doctor investigates - and soon uncovers a sinister plot to colonise the Earth. The Gaderene are on their way....
Richard Franklin, who played UNIT’S Captain Mike Yates in the Doctor Who TV series, reads this exciting original adventure by Mark Gatiss.
©2015 BBC Worldwide (P)2015 BBC Worldwide
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
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An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation of a 1972 TV story featuring the Third Doctor, as played on TV by Jon Pertwee.
Mysterious humans from 22nd-century Earth time jump back into the 20th century so as to assassinate a high-ranking diplomat on whom the peace of the world depends. The Doctor, Jo Grant and the Brigadier are soon called in to investigate.
Jo is accidentally transported to the future; the Doctor follows, eventually to be captured by his oldest and deadliest enemies: the Daleks! Having submitted the Doctor to the fearful Mind Analysis Machine, the Daleks plan a time-jump attack on Earth in the 20th century!
Duration: 4 hours 30 mins approx.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
I, Davros - 1.4 Guilt
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"That is our world out there. A chemical soup for a sky above and a scarred, radioactive wasteland below. It is purgatory. But we must make it paradise!" The Kaled city is now ravaged, and life has become one of fear, protected by a vast transparent dome that covers what remains of the city. The Thals undertake a desperate mission to take Davros away from his laboratories, and the Supremo must send a crack squad over enemy lines to retrieve his chief scientist. Led by the young, enthusiastic and morally bankrupt Lieutenant Nyder, Davros is successfully rescued. But he has been changed by the experience, and where once he stood for knowledge, he now espouses the utter extermination of the Thal people. To this end, Davros will stop at nothing and will sacrifice anybody to see his legacy continue. Here's to the future.... This release includes a bonus behind-the-scenes documentary, presented by Joseph Lidster and featuring interviews with Terry Molloy and all the main performers in the series. Written by Scott Alan Woodard and directed by Gary Russell.
©2006 Big Finish Productions (P)2006 Big Finish Productions
Doctor Who: Demon Quest 3 - A Shard of Ice
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Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor in the third of five thrilling brand new adventures, with Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.
In the icy wastes of the Murgin Pass, the Doctor and Mike take refuge in a remote lodge alongside Albert Tiermann, storyteller to the king. But the owner's hospitality is repaid with a grisly attack, and suddenly death is amongst the small party. What is the significance of a book of fairy tales, one of which prophesies the Doctor's encounter with an Ice Queen monster? What long-held secret is Albert Tiermann holding back? And what dark figure stalks the snowy mountainside? The answers to these questions add up to a terrifying encounter with a strangely familiar foe.
With Samuel West as Tiermann, Carole Boyd as Frau Herz, Jan Francis as the Ice Queen, Tom Lawrence as Hans, and Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, "A Shard of Ice" is the third of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs.
©2010 Paul Magrs (P)2010 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Doctor Who: The Second Master Collection
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Five exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions encounter a colourful assortment of aliens. In 'Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil' the renegade Time Lord masquerades as eminent scientist Emil Keller, operator of a deadly parasitical machine. In 'Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos' golden aliens arrive on Earth and offer the hand of friendship - but why is the Master on board their spaceship? In 'Doctor Who: The King's Demons' it's 1215 and the Doctor arrives in the presence of royalty - but King John is not all as he seems. In 'Doctor Who: The Five Doctors' past incarnations of the Doctor are kidnapped - and the Master is sent to rescue them! In 'Doctor Who: Survival' something is killing the domestic cats of Perivale, and the Doctor steps into a well-prepared trap.... Richard Franklin, Mark Strickson, Jon Culshaw and Lisa Bowerman read these classic tales, originally published as Target Books paperbacks.
©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
Summary
An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation of an adventure featuring the Third Doctor, as played on TV by Jon Pertwee.
'Axos calling Earth, Axos calling Earth....'
The creatures stood before them, offering friendship and their priceless Axonite, in return for - what?
Only the Doctor remains suspicious. What is the real reason for the Axons' sudden arrival on Earth? And why is the evil Master a passenger on their spaceship? He very soon finds out....
Duration: four hours approx.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd