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Title: Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Subtitle: An original Doctor Who novel
Author: Paul Cornell
Narrator: David Collings
Format: Original Recording
Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-02-16
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who
Publisher's Summary:
When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancashire town of Lannet in the present day, he finds that something is terribly wrong.
The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking too many questions. What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?
The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison, Major Kennet, and his Royal Green Jacket troop. His old enemy, the Master, also plays a small part.
During the course of this adventure, he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.
While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up to date Doctor Who adventure takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
Members Reviews:
A Great AU Doctor Novel and Look at What Might Have Been...
When people ask me who my favorite Doctor is or which Doctor was my first, I always answer the Shalka Doctor. More often than not I am greeted with a blank stare, followed by a 'Huh?'. At least it gives me the chance to explain the story around this novelization of a webseries that treated us briefly to Richard E. Grant as the (at the time canonical) Ninth Doctor. Before the series even premiered on the BBC website the TV series was returning with a different Ninth Doctor, rendering the Shalka Doctor an AU (Alternate Universe) Doctor. Nothing against Christopher Eccleston (he's my second favorite Doctor) but this story was my introduction to the world of Doctor Who and as such will always have a special place in my heart. This novelization (by the great Paul Cornell) is great. It adds some depth to the story of the webseries by getting inside the head of the Doctor and co. and providing additional details to the story. It provides some classic Who moments with monsters that wouldn't have been out of place in the classic era of the show. Highly recommended!
"I am the Master, and you will...come to like me very much, once you get to know me...
Paul Cornell's novelization of the one adventure of the only briefly canonical Ninth Doctor shines with all of his usual wit, and his skill at character drawing. He takes the opportunity to smooth away a few rough edges from the Web Cast script he wrote, and opens the curtain a little on the states of mind and heart of this strangely bitter and flippant Doctor, and his old enemy, the Master, now relegated to companion status, and with his fangs partially drawn.
Interestingly,though, much of the novel's new material puts more flesh on the bones of the people with whom the Doctor interacts--especially Alison and Joe, and Major Kennet, each of whom becomes the viewpoint character at key moments. In all, a fine enhancement to a worthy script, and a fascinating loo at the road not taken.