The Phoenicians (audio story)

 was the first story in the audio anthology The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Three. It was written by Marc Platt and featured David Bradley as the First Doctor, Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright and Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton.

Publisher's summary
In ancient Tyre, the Phoenician civilisation commands the oceans. But times are turbulent – the young King's quarrel with his sister threatens to divide the nation.

On perilous seas, Ian becomes Princess Elissa's favourite, while Susan and Barbara face losing their freedom. In the city, the Doctor falls foul of King Pygmalion.

As they reach dangerous shores, the travellers fight to survive as legend becomes history...

The Purple and the Gold (1)
At the end of their previous adventure in Japan, the TARDIS lands once again, but a fault in the scanner doesn't allow the crew to see what's outside; therefore, the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara venture out. They find themselves once again on Earth, near a city built on a nearby cliff over the sea. From her reading of a Bible in the TARDIS, Susan guesses it's Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city. As the travellers starts walking towards it, not far off Elissa, the Princess of the city, is consulting the priest Tubal for an oracle: he answers foreseeing a vision of blood and darkness, and the coming of a pale-skinned stranger.

In the city, King Pygmalion laments Tubal's assence: he wants to inaugurate his new ship, for which he spent a fortune going agains the wishes of the elders, but the inauguration has to wait for Tubal to bless the vessel and give her a name. Tubal at last comes in, and tells Pygmalion the same prophecy he told Elissa. Meanwhile, the four travellers came across a necropolis and are attacked by the people living in it, only to be saved by Elissa. They have a chance to return the favor moments later, when an unknown assassin tries to kill the princess: as Ian fights him off, Elissa is only slightly wounded at the shoulder. Out of gratitude, Elissa welcomes them all into her home, treating them as honored guests (she also arranges for the TARDIS to be transported to her palace).

She explains to them that she is a widow: her husband, the high priest of Baal (the local god), died six years earlier on this very day, and she has a strained relationship with her younger brother, Pygmalion. This is immediately proven true when the King comes to visit her, to invite her at the inauguration of his ship. He also notices she seems ready to depart for a voyage, which Elissa does not deny, and sees also the strangers, especially Ian, which he recognizes as a "pale-skinned stranger". Back to the palace, the King orders his men to capture Ian and bring him to him, which they do as soon as the school teacher goes for a walk in the city. Interrogated by the King, Ian refuses to answer his questions, and he is therefore condamned to be part of the inaugural "sacrifice" for the ship.

At the ceremony, Pygmalion startles his sister by declaring that the ship brings the name of her dead husband, while the Doctor, Barbara and Susan in horror sees Ian, together with other men, deposited alongside the slide the ship must slip on to reach the sea - crushing the men's skulls in the process.

The Hireling (2)
to be added

Legends and Lies (3)
to be added

The Bull's Hide (4)
to be added

Cast

 * The Doctor - David Bradley
 * Susan - Claudia Grant
 * Ian Chesterton - Jamie Glover
 * Barbara Wright - Jemma Powell
 * Princess Elissa of Tyre - Ajjaz Awad
 * King Pygmalion of Tyre - Jo Ben Ayed
 * Aiyaruc / Hanna - Orion Ben
 * Bitias - Youssef Kerkour
 * Tubal / Maygo / King Hiarbas of Tunis - Raad Rawi

Continuity

 * Barbara refers to their previous visit to Japan. (AUDIO: The Barbarians and the Samurai)
 * The Doctor mentions that, much like Ellisa and Pygmalion, he has a fractious relationship with his family. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)