My nine year-old son, Mattie, is an avid Doctor Who fan. He likes listening to the CD, and enjoys playing it when he's having his "quiet time" in his room before settling down to sleep. He's not overly keen on the narrator's voice and he doesn't think the different characters' voices are very realistic,
but this doesn't seem to effect his enjoyment too much: he certainly has no problem in settling down to listen to the story.
There are no sound effects, but the chapters are separated by the Doctor Who music and a rather unnecessary announcement including the book title and narrator's name each time.
This is a completely different Doctor Who experience to the TV programme. David Troughton's reading makes the story sound a bit like high literature rather than the action drama we normally experience. This is a bit incongruous in some ways, but it's also refreshing to get away from the dramatic overload that goes with so much of what my son experiences in games, films, TV and so on, while at the same time being "cool" enough for him to be happy to listen to it.
It's great to have a form of entertainment which, for once, both appeals to my son and doesn't involve staring at a screen!
Doctor Who: The Ghosts of India, written by Mark Morris and read by David Troughton is available from Amazon. To order a copy click the link below:
