Set before a pair of of overly curious teachers stumble into the TARDIS, this story finds Susan and the Doctor dealing with unknown adversaries using radio waves to attack people. ( )

The Doctor and Susan are settling in to life in England in 1963. Susan just wants to be a typical teenager, going to the coffee shop with friends, listening to Radio Luxembourg, debating the merits of the Beatles and other popular groups. But somehow her and her grandfather’s secret, their unearthly origin, has been revealed, and the community is swept by waves of mob behaviour. Who is hunting Susan and the Doctor, and what do they want? And can Susan and the Doctor persuade the Earth inhabitants that they mean no harm?

This was a good story. It was produced by Big Finish and AudioGo, so it has a bit more sound effects and design than a typical audiobook. There is pop music, cafe sounds, and echoing footsteps. Carole Ann Ford naturally excels at bringing back Susan, whom she played on the show, and Tam Williams, who has done other stories with Big Finish, lends support as Susan’s friend Cedric. I did find the story got a bit shouty and overly dramatic at the end (particularly the Doctor repeatedly yelling “NEVER!” to the villain demanding that he and Susan help them with their plot), but as a whole it moved at a fast clip. It also proved an especially timely listen about the dangers of mob mentality and the perniciousness of attitudes toward people perceived as "other". ( )