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Doctor Who: The Smugglers (TV Soundtrack)

By: Brian Hayles
Narrated by: Anneke Wills, Full Cast, William Hartnell
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 'Nobody who crosses Pike lives to tell the tale!' The rugged Cornwall of days gone by is the scene for first Doctor William Hartnell’s 1966 foray into the murky world of pirates and hidden treasure. The TARDIS lands on the seventeenth century Cornish coast, and its crew stumble upon a plot by the local Squire to receive and offload contraband goods. The Doctor meets the churchwarden, whose last words to him concern the whereabouts of hidden treasure. When pirate captain Samuel Pike learns of this, he kidnaps the Doctor and demands to be given the cryptic clue. With the treasure uncovered and the militia called in by the local Revenue officer, a bloody fight ensues – can the Doctor, Ben and Polly escape with their lives? This full-bodied, romantic yarn is narrated by Anneke Wills, who played companion Polly. It also features Michael Craze as Ben and Michael Godfrey as Pike. Adventure Dramatisations Science Fiction
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As with all classic Doctor Who, it’s a wonder we have any of these missing episodes to watch at all! This has never been more true with this serial, as the BBC are missing all 4 episodes. This is quite literally, lost media. This seems very on the nose, given this episode is all about missing treasure and pirates! Unfortunately, this promise of action is not delivered through this story. Although there is a few twists and turns in the narrative, a lot of it boils down to a lot of back and forth with little in the way of pay off at the end.

From my understanding, the episode itself was shot a lot on location in Cornwall with amazing costumes to boot! Unfortunately a lot of this immersion is lost within this when you are only using audio clips from the original tapes and narrative to tie it together. Out of all the 'Lost Episode' audiobooks, this one really could benefit from some TLC by the folks at Big Finish to really capture the pirate vibes the original broadcast was going for! With all that in mind, I did find this episode one of the dullest Doctor Who episodes I've listened to and would only suggest this to the most die hard of fans!

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