Classic Radio Sci-Fi
The Slide CD

Forming part of our third wave of "Classic Radio Sci-Fi" releases (along with "The Kraken Wakes" and "Space Force") this is a seven-part original radio drama serial written by Victor Pemberton. Something of a legend in radio sci-fi terms, this 1966 serial is absent from the radio archive but has been made available to us by the writer himself. It concerns the residents of a quiet English village beseiged by a sentient mud, and their efforts, along with the expert Professor Gomez, to battle against it. The serial is especially notable to Doctor Who fans, as Pemberton later became script editor of "Doctor Who" and also wrote an audio LP adventure ("Doctor Who and the Pescatons", which we now publish). "The Slide" also stars Roger Delgado, who went on to play The Master in "Doctor Who".