An unabridged reading of the common novelisation featuring the First Doctor, and featuring the Meddling Monk. When the TARDIS materialises on an evidently deserted Nothumbrian seaside, Steven disputes the Doctor’s declare that they have travelled back again to the eleventh century. The disovery of today’s wristwatch in a nearby forest simply reinforces his opinion.

But it is 1066, the main date in British history, and the Doctor’s arrival has not gone unnoticed. Watching the appearance from the TARDIS is normally a inexplicable monk, who recognises the time-machine for what it is. He also knows that the physician poses a significant risk to his grasp plan – a plan which, if successful, could alter the continuing future of the whole planet… Duration: 4 hours approx