#136 - The Holly Terror

It wouldn't be Christmas without Mrs Baddeley's plum pudding and so Ben and David travel along with the Doctor and Charley to an old Edwardian mansion in 1906 to hear The Chimes of Midnight. What makes this story tick? Is this merely a ghost story, or does writer Rob Shearman have more to say about class, horror, the line between fantasy and reality? Plus Ben, keeper of the tome, cracks open the Big Book of Big Finish and relays behind the scene details of the story's production. This episode's opening and closing excerpts is from the Chimes soundtrack with music by Russell Stone, sound design by Andy Hardwick, and humming featuring Louise Rolfe. Tick-Tock, Bing-Bong. We recorded this episode on 13 December 2019.