Jules Verne: The Phantom of Dochart's Shaft

French writer Jules Verne is known as the founder of the science fiction genre, whose imagination knew no bounds. In this case he did not owe his reputation anything. Despite the somewhat misleading title, Black India is set in the coal mines of Scotland - the term "black indies" is a term for the large coalfields of the British Isles. One of them, in Stirlingshire, is the setting of the novel, which was adapted for radio under the title The Phantom of Dochart's Shaft.