Publisher's Synopsis
Actress Maureen O'Brien reads this thrilling novelization of a classic Doctor Who adventure. The Doctor is revisiting the inhabitants of the planet Dido, who are known as a gentle, peace-loving people. But on his return, he finds that things have changed dramatically. It seems that the Didonians have brutally massacred the crew of the crashed space-liner Astra. Even now they are threatening the lives of the sole survivors, Bennett and the orphan girl, Vicki. Why have the Didonians apparently turned against their peaceful natures? Can Bennett and Vicki survive until the rescue ship from Earth arrives? And who is the mysterious Koquillion?
