The player characters, usually consisting of one or more Time Lords and their Companions, are sent to Earth in 1923 by the Celestial Intervention Agency to investigate a large energy field centred on the English village of Hartlewick, where a number of people have recently disappeared at night.
The characters will eventually discover an ancient alien imprisoned underground who is using its telepathic powers to force the local villagers and an archaeologist to free it.
[1] Pregenerated characters are provided for the Fourth Doctor, and his well-known companions Leela, Sarah Jane Smith, and Harry Sullivan.
[2] In the August 1986 edition of the British magazine White Dwarf (Issue #80), Barry Bailey reviewed both The Hartlewick Horror and another Doctor Who adventure, The Legions of Death, and said of The Hartlewick Horror, "You could be forgiven for thinking it was a scenario for a certain popular rolegame with the initials CoC."
He concluded that, compared to The Legions of Death, "The Hartlewick Horror is the better of the two scenarios, and should provide a solid one or two sessions' gaming.