2.6 Sarah Sutton- "The Ghost In The Story"

Something is shushing aboard the Nosferatu 2.5.

But who is shushing whom? And why has the Time Scoop delivered Sarah Sutton aboard the ship apparently carrying fragments of a story that never existed?

This week, Sarah joins Sophie on the Sofa of Infinite Understanding for a journey through a remarkable career that began when she was just nine years old, playing Baby Roo in Winnie the Pooh, and continued through Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Moon Stallion and, of course, her unforgettable time as Nyssa alongside the Fifth Doctor. Sarah also reflects on her continuing work in audio and her return to the Doctor Who universe through Big Finish.

But there is something decidedly strange about this particular visit. Sarah seems to have arrived from somewhere else entirely, and the boundaries between fact, fiction and memory are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish. As mysterious shushing sounds echo through the ship, Sophie and Hobbes begin to wonder whether the Neverwhen has started writing a story of its own.

Meanwhile, the Ffantaface welcomes Dr Adam Scovell, writer, filmmaker and author of Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange. A regular contributor to the BFI and Sight & Sound, Adam has made a particular study of the uneasy relationship between landscape, memory, folklore and horror, while his BFI work has taken him in search of the real locations behind some of cinema and television's most haunting stories. But how does Dr.Who figure in his story?

So what happens when a story that never happened starts behaving as though it did?

And, perhaps more importantly...

who is doing the shushing?

Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey stars Sophie Aldred with James Showers as Hobbes.

Special Guests- Sarah Sutton and Adam Scovell

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