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A multivoice retelling of historical events featuring the First Doctor Ian Barbara and Vicki

The TARDIS crewmembers have taken a break from their adventures and are enjoying a welldeserved rest in a luxury villa

But in the gory grandeur that is Imperial Rome things dont stay quiet for long If the time travellers can save themselves from being sold as slaves assassinated by classical hitmen poisoned by the evil Locusta thrown to the lions maimed in the arena and drowned in a shipwreck they still have to face the diabolical might of the mad Emperor Nero

As if that wasnt enough they also discover that although Rome wasnt built in a day it burnt down in considerably less time

Tim Treloar Jamie Glover Dan Starkey Clare Corbett Jon Culshaw Maureen OBrien and Louise Jameson are the readers of Donald Cottons epistolary novelisation a shining example of the wit and drama of Doctor Who

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