Doctor Who: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle

The Fourth Doctor Adventures #5.2

by Eddie Robson, Tom Baker (Narrator), Lalla Ward (Narrator)

The Doctor and Romana land in Budapest in 1979, intent on enjoying another holiday, but shortly after landing they find themselves too late to save the life of a man who has seemingly been attacked by a vampire. As they learn that this is the latest in a series of violent attacks, it becomes clear that they have stumbled onto something that needs investigating.

Aided by a vampire hunter who is searching for Dracula, they look into the nearby Buda caves, currently being used for storage by the military - and find that the soldiers have problems of their own.

Stalked through the tunnels by a monster, and up against an ancient evil, the race is on to escape alive - and foil the dastardly schemes of the maniacal Zoltan Frid.

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Fiction, Audiobook

Audio CD

First published February 1, 2016

About the author

Eddie Robson is a comedy and science fiction writer best known for his sitcom Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully and his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who. He has written books, comics and short stories, and has worked as a freelance journalist for various science fiction magazines. He is married to a female academic and lives in Lancaster.

Robson's comedy writing career began in 2008 with material for Look Away Now. Since then his work has featured on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Tilt, Play and Record, Newsjack, Recorded For Training Purposes and The Headset Set. The pilot episode of his sitcom Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 5th July 2012. It starred Katherine Parkinson and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

His Doctor Who work includes the BBC 7 radio plays Phobos, Human Resources and Grand Theft Cosmos, the CD releases Memory Lane, The Condemned, The Raincloud Man and The Eight Truths, and several short stories for Big Finish's Doctor Who anthologies, Short Trips. He has contributed comic strips to Doctor Who Adventures.

Between 2007 and 2009, Robson was the producer of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield range of products, and has contributed four audio plays to the series. He has also written books on film noir and the Coen Brothers for Virgin Publishing, the Doctor Who episode guide Who's Next with co-authors Mark Clapham and Jim Smith, and an illustrated adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's always a great day when there's a new Tom Baker story to listen to. This was much more serious than the last one, but it did have some rather brilliant moments. Romana's response to the unwanted sexist advances in the first scene was great. There were lots of women characters. The story focused on Vampires and really could have benefited from being a two hour story instead of an hour as there was little mystery or revelation in it. The ending when the Doctor defeated the Vampire was quite chilling, and definitely brought out the more sinister side of Tom's Doctor, not something that has come across much in the Big Finish versions before. Overall an enjoyable story with excellent characterisation.

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 4th doctor and vampires! Need I say more for you to know how awesome this story is! And it's self contained so it's quick and fun and just like watching an episode of who!

4.5/5 Stars GoodReads ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

95/100 Jelly Babies 😋

[Shawn Deal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really did enjoy this one, nice twist at then end.

[Vincent Darlage · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the vampire angle of this story. This was a lot of fun... and I was happy that I picked out a stand-alone story.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

this one drags so much.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun vampire stuff.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun vampire romp with Tom Baker and Romana.

[Debra Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Doctor and Romana go chasing Vampires in Budapest in 1979.