HMS Surprise (audio story)

was the second story in the anthology New Frontiers.

Publisher's summary
Mortis Dock: the last manned shipyard in the cosmos…

Population: six thousand and two…

And now, not a soul in sight… at least, until Bernice, Peter and Jack are drawn off-course.

Where have all the workers disappeared to? Why is Jack behaving oddly? And what is the secret of the HMS Surprise?

Only a stranger in a lighthouse holds the key… but can he be trusted?

Cast

 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Peter Summerfield - Thomas Grant
 * Ruth - Ayesha Antoine
 * Jack - David Ames
 * Lucas Catch - Geoffrey Breton
 * Captain Kinkade - David Benson
 * Beacon - David Selby
 * Mobile News Droid - Thomas Rees-Kaye

Continuity

 * Jack mentions "Emergency temporal shifts", a term first used by Dalek Sec in TV: Doomsday.