Spectral Scream was the seventieth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Hannah Fergesen and featured the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra.
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When a psychic shriek for help nearly overwhelms the TARDIS, the Doctor and Belinda track the source to a distant planet. There they find a sentient, telepathic bioship named Adama and ragged colonists descended from the original crew. Adama is dying, and their spectral screams are growing strong enough to kill anyone in the vicinity.
When Adama crashed 100 years ago, it was with a great treasure on board, stolen from the ruthless Gangnax Imperium – technology that could either unite worlds or destroy them. If they are to save the bioship, the Doctor and Belinda must survive suspicious colonists, greedy bounty hunters and military forces determined to reclaim what’s theirs – before Adama’s final death throes destroy them all.
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Continuity[]
- Belinda sees someone who looks like her neighbour among the party guests. But, remembering the Doctor's reference to Mundy Flynn, Belinda thinks the lookalike is a future descendant rather than the same person. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road, Boom, The Robot Revolution)
- Belinda remembers the MissBelindaChandrabots (TV: The Robot Revolution) and living cartoons. (TV: Lux)
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Audiobook[]
- This novel was released as an audiobook on 29 May 2025 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Michelle Asante.
External links[]
- Official Spectral Scream page at Penguin Books
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