The Tertiary Console Room > Audio Titles > The Fifth Doctor > Winter For The Adept News | Audio Titles | Forthcoming Releases | Chronology | Cast & Crew | Reviews | Miscellaneous | Site Search | Links | Forum | E-Mail Previous Title | Next Title At A Glance Doctor Who: Winter For The Adept by Andrew Cartmel Starring Peter Davison as the Doctor Sarah Sutton as Nyssa With Peter Jurasik Directed by Gary Russell Production Notes Rel. Jul 2000 Rec. 18-20 Mar 2000 P/Code 6CB Rec. @ The Nu Groove Studios Running Time Episode 1 00:24:40 Episode 2 00:18:17 Episode 3 00:24:21 Episode 4 00:26:53 Total Time 01:34:11 Setting This story takes place between Time-Flight and Arc Of Infinity, and follows The Land Of The Dead. Review Click here for the Tertiary Console Room Review - May Contain Spoilers! Doctor Who: Winter For The Adept (#10) By Andrew Cartmel From The Back Cover... When a teleportation experiment goes wrong, Nyssa finds herself stranded on the freezing slopes of the Swiss Alps in 1963. But is it mere coincidence that she finds shelter in a snowbound school haunted by a malevolent poltergeist? When the Doctor arrives, Nyssa and the other inhabitants of the school soon discover that the ghost is merely part of a darker, deeper and more deadly game involving rogue psi talents and something else... Something not of this Earth. The Cast The Doctor Peter Davison Nyssa Sarah Sutton Commodore Andy Coleman Mlle. Maupassant Hannah Dickinson Miss Tremayne Sally Faulkner Peril Bellamy India Fisher Empress Nicky Goldie Lt. Peter Sandoz Peter Jurasik Alison Speers Liz Sutherland Harding Wellman Christopher Webber The Crew Writer Andrew Cartmel Director Gary Russell Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery Gary Russell Executive Producer for BBC Worldwide Jacqueline Rayner Music Russell Stone Recording & CD Mastering Alistair Lock Sound Design & Post Production Andy Hardwick Theme Arrangement Delia Derbyshire Front Cover Clayton Hickman Episode Endings Episode One: Alison believes that the arrival of the TARDIS was the cause of the poltergeist activity, but the Doctor tells her that can't be so. There may be some sort of connection but the Doctor thinks that they have a genuine haunting here... Episode Two: As the disturbing noise stops, Lieutenant Sandoz's skis begin moving into the air, flinging themselves at Nyssa, much to the Doctor's horror... Episode Three: The self playing piano disproves the Doctor's theory about the identity of the poltergeist, and it appears that there is a genuine ghost here. Cut off from the rest of civilisation the Doctor believes it would be a good time for a seance... Episode Four: Alison draws her narrative to an end and she remembers how her wish came true, that she was able to ride in the TARDIS with the man they call 'the Doctor'... Memorable Quotes Alison Speers: 'That's how the place felt, haunted and empty.' The Doctor: 'Needs must when the Devil drives. Sorry, I didn't mean to make a golfing pun.' Miss Tremayne: 'Found me? But I was never lost!' The Doctor: 'There's a limit to scepticism you know. You'll end up cutting your throat with Occam's Razor.' The Doctor: 'Isn't shooting me a bit impersonal?' Comments Winter For The Adept is written by former Doctor Who script editor and New Adventures author Andrew Cartmel. It also features Peter Jurasik, who is best known for playing Londo Mollari in Babylon 5. Also present amongst the cast is India Fisher, who would go on to play the Eighth Doctor's audio companion Charley Pollard from Storm Warning onwards. Previous Title Next Title   Home | News | Audio Titles | Forthcoming Releases | Chronology | Cast & Crew | Reviews  Miscellaneous | Site Search | Links | Forum | E-Mail