Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller Series 03

The complete third series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller. 3.1 Orbis by Alan Barnes & Nicholas Briggs The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her. Could it be that Lucie's days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction. 3.2 Hothouse by Jonathan Morris Somewhere in the south of England stands the Hothouse. Five vast, state-of-the-art biodomes, all steel and glass. Inside, rock star turned environmental activist Alex Marlow has a plan to save the world from climate change. By any means necessary... There's something growing inside the Hothouse. Something that could turn back humanity's tide. A voracious alien vegetable called the Krynoid. The Doctor's going to have to stop it. Stop Marlow. Stop Marlow's fanatical acolyte, Lucie Miller... Save the world. By any means necessary. 3.3 The Beast of Orlok by Barnaby Edwards With fangs like splinters, claws like knives, the Beast of Orlok gobbles lives. With brimstone breath and eyes aglow, he'll eat your soul - to Hell you'll go! Germany, 1827. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore. And now, it seems, the Beast has returned. As the killings begin again, the people of Orlok are understandably suspicious of two strangers newly arrived in their midst. The Doctor and Lucie must face their darkest fears as they find themselves plunged into a decidedly grim fairytale. 3.4 Wirrn Dawn by Nicholas Briggs "This is full scale war. Wirrn and Humankind locked in a deadly struggle for survival. When did that happen?" The Doctor and Lucie land right in the middle of one of the human race's bloodiest periods of history. Trying to make a difference here would be like standing up and calling for a cease-fire on the Somme. Certain death... Or worse. Survival can be a messy business. 3.5 The Scapegoat by Pat Mills Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the Theatre des Baroque! Oh, but if you think you've seen and heard all that Paris by night has to offer... the exotic sights of Le Moulin Rouge, perhaps, or the horror tricks of Le Grand Guignol... if you think nothing could cause your mouth to dry and your heart to pound... you're wrong. Ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs - not forgetting our honoured guests from the Gestapo - tonight, it is my privilege to present to you the star of the Theatre des Baroque! A man who has died on stage nearly ten thousand times! The Most Assassinated Man in the World... Max Paul! And joining him, in a playlet we call 'The Executioner's Son' - from Blackpool, England: the enchanting Lucie Miller! Ah, la belle Lucie. She's got no idea what she's let herself in for. Heh. Should you feel faint, or nauseous - never fear. Tonight, we have a Doctor in the house! Just pray he lasts 'til the interval... 3.6 The Cannibalists by Jonathan Morris The Haven hangs in space. A vast star city, devoid of life. Organic life, that is. From their high spire, looking out over silent streets and empty plazas, the Assemblers are waiting for the day when the humans arrive. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting... When the TARDIS brings the Doctor and Lucie to the Haven, it seems like the Assemblers' long wait might be over. Living beings! Without batteries! Protocol be praised! Except - they're headed for the lower levels. They don't want to do that. That's where the Cannibalists live. And if the Cannibalists catch them - well, they won't be living beings much longer... 3.7 The Eight Truths by Eddie Robson London, 2015. The Doctor's looking for a lost space probe. Lucie Miller's feeling just plain lost, on a world she no longer quite belongs to. Perhaps there's someone who can help. A chance encounter with an old sparring partner leads Lucie to the Eightfold Truth - a bunch of crystal-bearing cranks who reckon a rebel sun is on its way to purge the Earth. As if! But what if they're right? The apocalypse is upon us. As humankind counts down the last days of its existence, the Doctor races to unmask the Eightfold Truth - and uncovers an old and deadly enemy. 3.8 Worldwide Web by Eddie Robson Thanks to the Eightfold Truth, Metebelis crystals cover the Earth, and the Eight Legs, giant spiders from that distant world, are poised to take control of the planet. As the Doctor attempts to deal with the invasion and its connection to a long-lost stellar manipulator he last saw above Orbis, Lucie Miller finds herself playing host to the Great One. Can she break free of the spider leader's control, or will she be lost forever? And can Earth avoid becoming trapped forever in a worldwide web?