Today Big Finish release the first of three Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown tales with Nev Fountain's witty new story Doctor Who - The Widow's Assassin:

Once, long ago, in a land of monsters and corridors, a fair maiden was captured, and placed in a deep sleep.

She was used to being captured, and she had a hero who rescued her on just such occasions. But this time the hero never came.

And the fair maiden slept on.

Eventually, a King rescued the maiden, and made her his bride, which many wise old women might tell you is just another way of capturing fair maidens.

And still the fair maiden slept on.

Then, the hero had another stab at rescuing the maiden from her prison, but he was too late. And, more importantly, he had forgotten the rules of fairy tales.

He didn’t slay the dragon.  

To buy The Widow's Assassin on either CD or Download, or to hear a trailer, simply visit the page here. The Sixth Doctor and Peri's travels continue with next month's Dalek story Masters of Earth, and then December's The Rani Elite!