Sarah Jane Smith, on holiday with her chum Jeremy and a bad case of writer's block, is amazed to find the Brigadier in the same part of Italy. He is there to help a distant relative whose tiny island home has been threatened by American mobster Max Vilmio.

When the ghosts that haunt the island's crumbling castle are joined by less benign spectres, the Brigadier summons the Doctor - who discovers that the whole of mankind is threatened by the plans of the ruthless Vilmio and his mysterious, hooded henchman.

This adventure takes place between the television stories DEATH TO THE DALEKS and THE MONSTER OF PELADON. As a radio play, scripted by Barry Letts, it is being broadcast on BBC radio 2 in 1995 with Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney resuming their television roles as the Doctor, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier.

BARRY LETTS has had a long association with DOCTOR WHO. He has written several scripts for television, a novelization of THE DÆMONS, as well as the recent radio play THE PARADISE OF DEATH. He was producer of the television series from 1970 to 1974.
 

The Brigadier's ancient great-uncle Murio seems unsurprised by the spectres which which haunt his even more ancient Sicilian castle. But when the Doctor comes to investigate he finds himself faced with a danger as great as any he has yet encountered.

Is this answer to be found in the past, in the corrupt alchemy of the black-heated sorceror said to have been walled up alive for his evil deeds? Or must the Doctor - and the faithful Sarah Jane Smith - brave the realm of the ghosts and face the very fiends of Hell?

Starring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney as the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier in a Brand new Doctor Who adventure.

Running time 3 hours approx.