
Doctor Who: Dark Contract
5th Doctor Audio Original
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $15.13
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Matthew Waterhouse
-
By:
-
Will Hadcroft
About this listen
Matthew Waterhouse reads this original story featuring the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.
When the TARDIS lands on Earth in the 1830s, Tegan is keen to explore Dickensian London. The grim realities of poverty and destitution are sobering, with conditions exacerbated by the New Poor Law. Yet something else is affecting those most in need - something not of this world.
As the Doctor falls into the hands of the law, and Tegan and Nyssa are abducted by a brutish pair of ne'er-do-wells, Adric finds himself on an altogether different plane, at the heart of the malaise affecting the capital city.
For the beings who have formed a deadly contract with the people of Earth, the presence of TARDIS travellers in London is inconvenient, to say the least...
Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric in the BBC TV series, reads Will Hadcroft's atmospheric tale.
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis. Sound design by David Roocroft. Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Doctor Who: The Force of Death
- 8th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Andrew Lane
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From Andrew Lane comes an original adventure for the Eighth Doctor, as played on TV by Paul McGann, and Victorian journalist James MacFarlane.
By: Andrew Lane
-
Doctor Who: Human Nature
- A 7th Doctor novel
- By: Paul Cornell
- Narrated by: Lisa Bowerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An unabridged reading of the 7th Doctor novel by Paul Cornell, which formed the basis for the 10th Doctor television story "Human Nature/The Family of Blood". Hulton College in Norfolk is a school dedicated to producing military officers. With the First World War about to start, the boys of the school will soon be on the front line. But no one expects a war - not even Dr. John Smith, the college’s new house master. The Doctor’s friend, Benny, is enjoying her holiday in the same town.
-
-
Naturally Good
- By Stevo on 11-23-15
By: Paul Cornell
-
Doctor Who: Escape the Daleks!
- 3rd Doctor Audio Original
- By: Steve Lyons
- Narrated by: Katy Manning
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An Escape Room with a sting in its tail is the setting for the Doctor and Jo's latest encounter with a familiar enemy. Three young graduates and their tutor race against time to crack the codes, open the exit door, and obtain 'A New Life' - at least, that's what the publicity said. As the Doctor observes proceedings, he forms a growing suspicion that something far more sinister lurks on the other side of the door. What's worse, the room appears set to eliminate anyone who doesn't make the grade.
By: Steve Lyons
-
Doctor Who: Caged
- 15th Doctor Novel
- By: Una McCormack
- Narrated by: Bonnie Langford
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the Doctor and Ruby arrive on Cavia, they meet a gentle local who is certain that she has been taken for study by creatures from the stars. The Doctor is concerned to find mysterious meteors appearing in the sky, while strange robotic creatures crowd the forests, watching everything and waiting for… what?
-
-
Thank you
- By Jennifer Baratta She/Her on 02-12-25
By: Una McCormack
-
Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War
- Beyond the Doctor
- By: Ian Marter
- Narrated by: Christopher Naylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's ten years since Harry Sullivan left UNIT and gave up his travels in the TARDIS with the Doctor and Sarah Jane. Since then he has been engaged in top secret work, developing antidotes to nerve toxins. But when he is transferred to Yarra in the Hebrides to work on weapons research, he has severe misgivings. For one thing, it goes against much of what he believes in. For another, someone is out to kill Harry Sullivan.
By: Ian Marter
-
Doctor Who: The Thing from the Sea
- 4th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Susan Jameson reads a brand-new original story featuring the Fourth Doctor and his companion Mrs Wibbsey. In 18th Century coastal Italy, the local fishermen haul in an extraordinary catch: a gigantic serpent. The Doctor identifies it as an alien, but to the ailing locals this fabled sea creature has the capacity to heal them - if only Count Otto will share it with them. When Mrs Wibbsey comes under the influence of the Count, the Doctor finds himself snared by the wicked power of a seemingly immortal magician, the infamous Cagliostro!
-
-
Some neat ideas fall flat
- By Spencer on 08-12-18
By: Paul Magrs
-
Doctor Who: The Force of Death
- 8th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Andrew Lane
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From Andrew Lane comes an original adventure for the Eighth Doctor, as played on TV by Paul McGann, and Victorian journalist James MacFarlane.
By: Andrew Lane
-
Doctor Who: Human Nature
- A 7th Doctor novel
- By: Paul Cornell
- Narrated by: Lisa Bowerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An unabridged reading of the 7th Doctor novel by Paul Cornell, which formed the basis for the 10th Doctor television story "Human Nature/The Family of Blood". Hulton College in Norfolk is a school dedicated to producing military officers. With the First World War about to start, the boys of the school will soon be on the front line. But no one expects a war - not even Dr. John Smith, the college’s new house master. The Doctor’s friend, Benny, is enjoying her holiday in the same town.
-
-
Naturally Good
- By Stevo on 11-23-15
By: Paul Cornell
-
Doctor Who: Escape the Daleks!
- 3rd Doctor Audio Original
- By: Steve Lyons
- Narrated by: Katy Manning
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
An Escape Room with a sting in its tail is the setting for the Doctor and Jo's latest encounter with a familiar enemy. Three young graduates and their tutor race against time to crack the codes, open the exit door, and obtain 'A New Life' - at least, that's what the publicity said. As the Doctor observes proceedings, he forms a growing suspicion that something far more sinister lurks on the other side of the door. What's worse, the room appears set to eliminate anyone who doesn't make the grade.
By: Steve Lyons
-
Doctor Who: Caged
- 15th Doctor Novel
- By: Una McCormack
- Narrated by: Bonnie Langford
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the Doctor and Ruby arrive on Cavia, they meet a gentle local who is certain that she has been taken for study by creatures from the stars. The Doctor is concerned to find mysterious meteors appearing in the sky, while strange robotic creatures crowd the forests, watching everything and waiting for… what?
-
-
Thank you
- By Jennifer Baratta She/Her on 02-12-25
By: Una McCormack
-
Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War
- Beyond the Doctor
- By: Ian Marter
- Narrated by: Christopher Naylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's ten years since Harry Sullivan left UNIT and gave up his travels in the TARDIS with the Doctor and Sarah Jane. Since then he has been engaged in top secret work, developing antidotes to nerve toxins. But when he is transferred to Yarra in the Hebrides to work on weapons research, he has severe misgivings. For one thing, it goes against much of what he believes in. For another, someone is out to kill Harry Sullivan.
By: Ian Marter
-
Doctor Who: The Thing from the Sea
- 4th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Susan Jameson
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Susan Jameson reads a brand-new original story featuring the Fourth Doctor and his companion Mrs Wibbsey. In 18th Century coastal Italy, the local fishermen haul in an extraordinary catch: a gigantic serpent. The Doctor identifies it as an alien, but to the ailing locals this fabled sea creature has the capacity to heal them - if only Count Otto will share it with them. When Mrs Wibbsey comes under the influence of the Count, the Doctor finds himself snared by the wicked power of a seemingly immortal magician, the infamous Cagliostro!
-
-
Some neat ideas fall flat
- By Spencer on 08-12-18
By: Paul Magrs
-
Doctor Who: River of Death
- 6th Doctor Audio Original
- By: John Peel
- Narrated by: Nicola Bryant
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A visit to the Grand Canyon begins with disaster for the Doctor and Peri, when the TARDIS plunges into a ravine. The travellers' only hope is to descend to the valley on foot and then track the course of the Colorado river. Their perilous journey is fraught with danger, even before they encounter a band of 19th Century explorers led by Major John Wesley Powell. Joining the watery expedition, the Doctor and Peri begin to despair of ever seeing the TARDIS again. As food supplies dwindle, so do the group's options. This is a journey which some of them will never return.
By: John Peel
-
Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor Novels
- Eight adventures for the 10th Doctor
- By: Jacqueline Rayner, Stephen Cole
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Freema Agyeman, Reggie Yates, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Freema Agyeman, Reggie Yates, Adjoah Andoh and Will Thorp are the readers of these eight original novels featuring the 10th Doctor and Martha, as played on TV by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman. The titles are 'Sting of the Zygons' by Stephen Cole; 'The Last Dodo' by Jacqueline Rayner; 'Wooden Heart' by Martin Day; 'Forever Autumn' by Mark Morris; 'Wetworld' by Mark Michalowski; 'Sick Building' by Paul Magrs; 'The Pirate Loop' by Simon Guerrier; and 'Peacemaker' by James Swallow.
-
-
Really bad narration and average story
- By Amazon Customer on 02-08-19
By: Jacqueline Rayner, and others
-
Doctor Who: The Adventures Before
- By: Doctor Who
- Narrated by: Janet Fielding, Ingrid Oliver, Barnaby Edwards, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What did Osgood do the morning of the Day of the Doctor? What happened to Tegan before Arc of Infinity, and why does it involve strange sentient lights in the Australia outback? What was the Tenth Doctor doing in a hall of mirrors, right before Planet of the Dead? Answers to all these questions lie in an incredible collection of Doctor Who short stories that give a glimpse into the moments just before we saw the Doctor step on screen.
By: Doctor Who
-
The First Doctor Box Set
- Doctor Who: The Lost Stories
- By: Morris Farhi, Nigel Robinson
- Narrated by: William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, John Dorney
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
'Farewell, Great Macedon': The TARDIS materialises in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, in the year 323 BC. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan meet Alexander the Great - but their excitement is tempered by the realization that these are the final days of Alexander's life. As the travellers become embroiled in the tragic events, the inevitability of history unfolds around them. But can they - and should they - change it?
-
-
Emotional
- By Eliza on 04-02-18
By: Morris Farhi, and others
-
Doctor Who: The Code of Flesh
- 8th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Andrew Lane
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1890s Cardiff, reporter James MacFarlane is intrigued by rumours of ‘anaesthesia frolics’, at which gatherings the latest frontier in pain relief is demonstrated to influential guests. After he speaks to someone who attended several such ‘frolics’—and left with a hand and two fingers missing—James realises that the events have a dark side. Contriving an invitation, he is astounded to find another guest also investigating—it’s his old friend the Doctor! Reunited in mystery, the Doctor and James enter the murky underbelly of polite Cardiff society.
-
-
story was ok but too short for a full credit
- By PRStarr on 01-24-23
By: Andrew Lane
-
Doctor Who: The Beast of Scar Hill
- 9th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Mark Wright
- Narrated by: Mina Anwar
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
High on the summit of a bleak Yorkshire moor, the Scar Hill Hotel is used to bad weather. Yet, on a dark afternoon in January, the ferocious snowstorm that engulfs the hotel surprises even its managers, Mike and Jess. Also caught off guard are the handful of paying guests, all now stranded until rescue teams can get through. When Mike doesn't return from a recce, and two new arrivals introduce themselves as the Doctor and Rose, a night of terror begins. Something is out there in the snow, hunting.
By: Mark Wright
-
Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor Tales
- Twelfth Doctor Audio Originals
- By: George Mann, Cavan Scott, James Goss, and others
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins, David Schofield, Jemma Redgrave, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jemma Redgrave, Clare Higgins, Nicola Bryant and Dan Starkey are among the readers of this exclusive collection of nine original audio adventures. Join the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi, as he meets friends and enemies new and old on these journeys in time and space.
-
-
Overall Very Good
- By Andy on 12-11-21
By: George Mann, and others
-
Doctor Who: I, TARDIS
- Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box
- By: Steve Cole
- Narrated by: Lizzie Hopley
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Doctor has a unique bond with their TARDIS. They’ve always loved the ‘old girl’ for the way she’s gone looking for trouble anywhere in the universe. The Doctor says they stole the TARDIS from Gallifrey. The TARDIS disagrees…she stole them. It hasn’t always taken the Doctor where they want to go, but it’s made sure to take them where they needed to be.
-
-
Big Yes from a big DW fan
- By RPo on 08-24-24
By: Steve Cole
-
Doctor Who: Dead on Arrival & Other Stories
- Doctor Who Audio Annual
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Katy Manning, Jon Culshaw, Tim Treloar
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A dynamic trio of stories by Paul Magrs, inspired by comic strips first published in Doctor Who Annual in the 1970s. In 'Dead on Arrival', Jo Grant finds out what it's like to be a ghost when she realises that no-one can see her. In 'The Traitor', the Fourth Doctor and Sarah help rescue the survivors of a crashed spaceship, only to discover that they are scientists deliberately marooned on a distant planet. In 'The Power', the Doctor and Leela are among those invited to the wedding of Princess Azula on the planet Shem.
-
-
Thank you narrators for telling us this book.
- By Jennifer Baratta She/Her on 12-04-22
By: Paul Magrs
-
Doctor Who: Time Wake & Other Stories
- Doctor Who Audio Annual
- By: BBC Audio
- Narrated by: Colin Baker, Anneke Wills, Louise Jameson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fabulous tales from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Anneke Wills, Jon Culshaw, Louise Jameson and Colin Baker are our guides through these weird and wacky stories.
By: BBC Audio
-
Doctor Who: The Ice Kings
- 12th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Niel Bushnell
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Professor Irene Hyde's Monday morning lecture at St Luke's University is rudely interrupted by a man named the Doctor, it's the beginning of an adventure she could never have dreamt possible. Soon they are hurtling backwards in time to 1806, where the crew of the trading ship Favorite, led by the 'Ice King' himself, Frederic Tudor, are being picked off, one by one, by a hideous monster that lurks in the shadows.
-
-
Weak female character development
- By Georgia on 01-22-24
By: Niel Bushnell
-
Doctor Who: The Lagoon Monsters
- 10th Doctor Audio Original
- By: Gary Russell
- Narrated by: Seán Carlsen
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The waters of the Pacific Ocean form the backdrop of this foray into Eighteenth Century seafaring for the Doctor and Martha, when the TARDIS materialises on board the Blue Groper sailing ship. Grudgingly accepted as stowaways by Captain Sadler's crew, the travellers learn that the ship is on a mission to Luna Puesta, 'the land where the moon has set'. There, just off the coast of New Zealand, Professor James Tomlinson hopes to locate a missing archaeological link between dinosaurs and man.
By: Gary Russell