num_pages: 160
description: Perivale, 1983A column of smoke rises from the blazing ruins of a forgotten, decaying mansion. Perivale, 1883In the sleepy, rural parish of Greenford Parva, Gabriel Chase is by far the most imposing edifice. The villagers shun the grim house, but the owner, the reclusive and controversial naturalist Josiah Samuel Smith, receives occasional visitors.The Reverend Ernest Mathews, for instance, dean of Mortarhouse College, has travelled from Oxford to refute Smith’s blasphemous theories of evolution.And in a deserted upstairs room, the Doctor and Ace venture from the TARDIS to explore the Victorian mansion …Who – or what – is Josiah Smith? What terrible secrets does his house conceal? And why does Ace find everything so frightening familiar?
language: English
title: Doctor Who: Ghost Light
titlecomplete: Doctor Who: Ghost Light
characters: The Doctor, Mrs. Grose, The Seventh Doctor, Ace
genres: Fantasy, Novels, Doctor Who, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 221
places: Perivale
series: Doctor Who Target Books, Doctor Who Target Books (Numerical Order)
publisher: Carol Pub Group