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Title: Doctor Who

Subtitle: Hornets' Nest 4 - A Sting in the Tale

Author: Paul Magrs

Narrator: Tom Baker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor in the fourth of five thrilling brand new audio adventures, with Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

In a bleak midwinter, an order of nuns protect their Mother Superior from ravaging dogs. But something is very wrong here indeed, and the Doctor is about to get badly stung.

Written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs, A Sting in the Tale also features Clare Corbett, Susie Riddell and Rula Lenska.

Members Reviews:

unmissable

Dark compelling frightening horror superbly read. The Doctor in magnificent form, part 4 is the best part of this tale so far. Battles with beasts and creatures through time and space.

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Title: Doctor Who

Subtitle: The Story of Martha - The Frozen Wastes

Author: Robert Shearman

Narrator: Freema Agyeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 69 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

It tells of Martha's travels from her arrival on Earth as the Toclafane attacked and decimated the population through to her return to Britain to face the Master. It tells how she spread the word and told people about the Doctor. The story of how she survived that terrible year....

Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, The Story of Martha is read by Freema Agyeman.

Members Reviews:

Feels incomplete

A really good supplement to the Doctor Who series 3 episodes The Sound of Drums and The Last of the Time Lords. This Doctor-lite novel really ties together both of the stories and tells the reader what her journey was like, and the stories she told and not to forget the hope that she gave the people. I fell that it was a little too short and that they could have come up the other six months of her journey.

Wish there was more.

The insight into Martha's walk of the earth was fascinating, but I wish there was more. The breaks from the Year That Never Was when Martha told stories were a bit long and disconnected me from what was happening. All in all, though, it was a great read and I enjoyed it very much.

Collaboration of Authors Creates Great Story

This book gives the story line a bit more depth and the characters more life. I found the collaboration of well-known authors in one book a wonderful way to tell the same story with different writing styles. The episodes this book was based off of was one of my favorites. The fact that the authors decided to further the relationship between the characters and their lives was brilliant in the way they pulled it off. I wouldn't change anything about the book.

Less than I'd hoped

I was really looking forward to reading this, since I expected that Dan Abnett would do a great job of filling in stories of Martha's year of traveling the Earth. But I feel a bit disappointed: there is less substance to the story than it could have had. I understand that it is a collaboration of several authors, which accounts for the slightly different styles of the segments, but those authors could have been more imaginative in their ideas of what happened to Martha, rather than flashbacks to her adventures with the Doctor.

seriously awesome! :D

I loved this book. It goes best by having seen the first few episodes that all sort of join together, then read the book, then watch how the doctor and martha and jack saved the day. I enjoyed the book immensely and the beginning and the end are where the show begins, to help you figure out which episode to watch after you have read the book.

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Title: Doctor Who

Subtitle: Beautiful Chaos

Author: Gary Russell

Narrator: Bernard Cribbins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 169 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

Donna Noble is back home in London, catching up with her family and generally giving them all the gossip about her journeys. Her grandfather is especially overjoyed - he's discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Doctor, as his special guest, to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor is suspicious about some of the other changes he can see in the Earth's heavens. Particularly that bright star, right there. No, not that one, that one, there, on the left...

The world's population is slowly being converted to a new path, a new way of thinking. Something is coming to Earth, an ancient force from the Dark Times. Something powerful, angry and all-consuming...

Featuring the Doctor and Donna as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate in the hit series from BBC Television, Beautiful Chaos is read by Bernard Cribbins, who played Donna's grandfather in Doctor Who.

Members Reviews:

Beautiful Chaos, beautiful book

Beautiful Chaos was an unexpected treat. A novel that's more about Donna and her grandfather Wilfred Mott (played on the show by the novel's narrator, Bernard Cribbins) than the plot, Bernard brings his character and the others brilliantly to life in audio form.

That's not to say there's not plot to be had--far from it. Beautiful Chaos is a story of intrigue and astrology, and a plot that couldn't have been foiled if it weren't for Wilfred.

For anybody who wants to see more of Donna, Wilfred, and the Doctor, Beautiful Chaos is a highly recommended listen.

Bernard's great !!!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Really well narrated

What about Bernard Cribbinss performance did you like?

Lovely to listen to the performance of a great actor - stretching to cover the different voices and emotions

Very moving!

Full to the brim of the great team of the Doctor/Donna!

The best part for me was the narrator's original character singing and the reasons why he was singing.

The ending is the best!

Wonderful story

This is one of my favorite Doctor Who audio books. Bernard Cribbens does an excellent performance. I listen to it often.

Kind of scary

This one was a little bit scary in a weird sort of way. The astrology stuff kind of messes with me. Also the ending was strange, it just dropped off sooner than I felt it should have. But a nice story, and also Bernard Cribbins, who's brilliant. Still trying to find the perfect voice of Donna, but this is getting closer than some I've read.

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Title: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen

Author: Terrance Dicks

Narrator: David Troughton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

Why are the peaceful Yeti now spreading death and destruction? And what is the secret behind the glowing cave on the mountain? When Doctor Who discovers that a long-dead friend is still alive, he knows why his visit to the lonely Himalayan monastery has led to a struggle to save the Earth!

David Troughton reads Terrance Dicks' complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable, Quick Read for All Those Unavailable Serials

This marks the second Doctor Who serial novelization I have read.

Perhaps I put myself at a disadvantage since my first Doctor Who novelization was the outstanding THE POWER OF THE DALEKS by John Peel. In comparison, these shorter novelizations, which were ostensibly targeted for the pre-teen market, likely suffer in the eyes of a mature, life-long reader. Yet for what it offers, a chance to experience serials still lost to time, I did find THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN an entertaining, albeit brief, read. I shan't quibble over the obvious scripting characterizations that seemed eye-rolling, namely the obnoxiously wishy-washy, hard-headed, and infuriatingly obtuse Khrisong, but I do have to question a characterization blurb in the beginning of the book concerning Victoria, which seems at complete odds to her actions and motivations in this adventure.

Described as "forever an unwilling adventurer", this assertion is absolutely rubbish as we read, not once, not twice, but repeatedly, as Victoria acts the instigator, indeed pushy, of daring explorations and actions. Heck, we even have a spot where brave Jamie is the one holding back with Victoria taunting him on. Forever an unwilling adventurer? Uh..

Perhaps those characterization blurbs where a standard addition by someone who never read the individual books or... or who knows, but I dare say it behooves the reader to mentally toss that particular point aside. Aside from that, an overall enjoyable, quick read for catching all those unavailable serials (or simply mind-numbingly jacked up in price)

A Great First Introduction to the Great Intelligence

Dicks is one of the writers who added a new but permanent flavor to the Doctor Who mythology: the growing suspicion that the Doctor is something more than a little, charming, harmless little fellow. Dicks drops hints all over the book that makes the surviving episode trancsripts all the more enjoyable. There are lots of little chuckles for the reader--the Doctor finding Yeti footprints but deciding to go on and fulfil his 300-year old promise to the monks (he congratulates himself on his self-control).

One nice recurring theme with the Second Doctor's novelizations is the sense of creeping dread. This Doctor is often maligned as being panicky. The novelizations explain that this Doctor has a sixth sense that warns him of danger, and of evil...but he rarely knows the particulars and that adds to his unease. Rather than jump into trouble, he tries first to avoid it; he wants his young friends safe.

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Title: Doctor Who

Subtitle: Martha in the Mirror

Author: Justin Richards

Narrator: Freema Agyeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-09

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 112 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

The Doctor and Martha arrive at Castle Extremis, which is about to play host to the signing of a peace treaty. But not everyone wants the war to end. Who is the little girl who haunts the castle? Who is the hooded figure that watches from the shadows? And what is the secret of the legendary Mortal Mirror?

©2007 Justin Richards; (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Members Reviews:

Mixed Feelings, Atmosphere, and Shattered Hope

Would you try another book from Justin Richards and/or Freema Agyeman?

I think the reader was great, and I might give Justin Richards another try, but the lack of explanation and payoff for the original concept is frustrating.

Has Doctor Who turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, I'm still interested in the scifi genre as a whole, and I still like doctor who.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Freema Agyeman?

Her acting chops show off well, and I've already tried other books read by her and found her range to my liking.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Doctor Who?

I'm not sure that I'd cut anything from this work. Rather I'd want to add more things. The initial weird moment really needs a payoff that the story is lacking, and some external agency besides the warring concerns of the reptiles and humanoids.

Any additional comments?

I still don't understand why a the mirror created a glass duplicate at the start, or what those hostile dopplegangers were doing.

Good

Great book, worth a listen. The only problem is her voice. it goes loud to quite so often I have to keep turning it down because it hurts my ears.

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Title: Doctor Who

Subtitle: Forever Autumn

Author: Mark Morris

Narrator: Will Thorp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-08

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 100 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

The Doctor and Martha soon discover that this will be no ordinary Halloween. What is the secret of the ancient tree and the book discovered tangled in its roots? What rises from the local churchyard at night, sealing up the lips of the only witness? Why are the harmless trappings of Halloween taking on a creepy new life of their own?

As nightmarish creatures prowl the streets, the Doctor and Martha must battle to prevent both the townspeople and themselves from suffering a grisly fate.

Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, the story is read by Will Thorp, who played Toby Zed in the TV episodes The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit.

Members Reviews:

A Doctor Who Halloween - Good for Pre and Tweens

I love the Doctor and Martha together, even though I hate that she's the Rebound-Companion during their time together during the series. I'm glad that most of the books don't feature much of the stupid romance forced into the show.

This is definitely a Halloween story. Pumpkin-esqe creatures, a small town celebrating a Halloween-like holiday, and enough black cats to make you start looking around for witches. It's fun, it has some good action scenes, but the villains don't really seem all that threatening. Also, the townspeople are pretty much stereotypes, right down to the one sensible old woman living in the woods.

Martha doesn't have enough to do in my opinion and the Doctor being captured doesn't add any tension. It just makes you wonder how long until he clevers his way out and saves the day. It was predictable and lacked the real tension I crave in Doctor Who stories. But I did like the climax and it is a very good story for younger children during Halloween.

The narrator did a job performing the story. It was always clear which characters were speaking and his villainous Pumpkin sounded great!

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Title: Doctor Who and the Space War

Author: Malcolm Hulke

Narrator: Geoffrey Beevers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-08

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

The year is 2540, and two powers loom large in the Galaxy: Earth and Draconia. After years of peace, their spaceships are now being mysteriously attacked and cargoes rifled. Each suspects the other, and full-scale war seems unavoidable. The Doctor, accused of being a Draconian spy, is thrown into prison. And when the Master appears on the scene, things really begin to move.

©1976 Malcolm Hulke; (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Members Reviews:

nice read but, prefer fullcast recordings

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I could recommend this book. It is a nice Doctor Who story. Quite enjoyable. But, I like almost anything Doctor Who. The story line was in character with Doctor Who stories. The villins were well done . I never expected who the real villin was.

Would you recommend Doctor Who and the Space War to your friends? Why or why not?

Overall I would recommend it. It is a pretty well developed Doctor Who story.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Geoffrey Beevers?

If I found the premise interesting enough, yes I would.

Do you think Doctor Who and the Space War needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not really. I very seldom find follow-up books to be as interesting as the original book,

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Title: Torchwood

Subtitle: Everyone Says Hello

Author: Dan Abnett

Narrator: Burn Gorman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-08

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 113 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

Across Cardiff, ordinary people are behaving in odd ways: saying hello to one another and going out of their way to greet people. Torchwood discovers that an alien communications field is gathering strength in the city. The team must find the device responsible and shut it off - before civil unrest engulfs the city.

Members Reviews:

Good enough for me

Everyone Says Hello is a pretty good Torchwood story with an interesting presentation.

Burn Gorman does a good job bringing most of the characters to life; the exception being Captain Jack Harkness, who proved beyond Gorman; I'm not sure if it was just the accent, or something else. But he did a pretty good job bringing Dan Abnett's story to life otherwise.

This isn't Abnett's first Torchwood story, and he proved here again that he has a good grasp of the show's characters. The story fell victim to the same tendency towards the grandiose that some of the more recent Torchwood stories on-screen have, but as long as the story is well-executed that's not a problem. And I certainly think that the story was well-executed.

While a new Torchwood novel would've been my preference over a new audiobook, I still enjoyed Everyone Says Hello. And that's good enough for me.

Hello, I'm Eugenie, I'm a fan and . . .

This book is not really centered on the Torchwood crew, but the people of Cardiff who just can't seem to stop saying "Hello, I'm (fill in name). . . " and giving intimate pieces of info. about themselves to anyone who will listen, which makes for some funny moments. However, there are people immune to this bizarre happenstance, the Torchwood crew among them. It is their job to figure out why nearly everyone in Cardiff won't stop saying, "Hello, I'm . . ."

Burn Gorman narrates this story well, immitating his fellow Torchwood team spot on, complete with Welsh accents and a somewhat American accent for Jack. I really liked his narration and look forward to any other stories he may do again.

My only complaint would be that the ending was tied up a bit too quickly, otherwise I thought the story imaginative, funny, and the action placed well within the story.

A waste of time

To be fair, I have not yet finished listening to this book. But that's probably because it is so frustratingly boring that I can't bring myself to do so!

Burn's reading is fantastic as is his vocal acting for each of the varied characters. The writing of the book is, however, appalling. The story is slow - unbelievably slow - and unfortunately the alien 'invasion' involves LOADS of completely unnecessary talking by different characters in the general public. The whole premise could have been established in 4 minutes, not 40 (I am at 42 minutes now and keep expecting SOMETHING different to happen - and have been still disappointed.) It might have worked in video form but, as it is, is a complete failure of a story.

As I said, my congratulations to Burn for sitting through this. But if you're thinking about getting this? Unless you really, really love his voice and don't mind the blithering writing, I would NOT

recommend downloading it.

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Title: Doctor Who at the BBC

Subtitle: The Tenth Doctor

Author: BBC Audiobooks

Narrator: Elisabeth Sladen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-07

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 38 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

Elisabeth Sladen presents this fascinating collection of interviews, behind-the-scenes set reports, and humorous sketches from BBC radio and television, all centred around the series featuring David Tennant as the good Doctor.

© and (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Members Reviews:

Dr who at the bbc

It was terrible! It didn't even have him speaking and it didn't have episodes! I HATED IT!

Fantastic BBC Behind the Scenes for 10th Doctor

This is a dream come true for fans of the 10th Doctor, David Tennant. This is a behind the scenes look with BBC & other British show interviews with the cast & crew of Dr. Who, hosted by the late Elizabeth Sladen, who was a Companion on the classic series and the star of the recent Sarah Jane adventures. This includes a wealth of material we don't normally hear about on this side of the pond. It is one of my favorite selections, as Tennant is my favorite Doctor. A must for Who fans.

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Title: Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters

Author: Malcolm Hulke

Narrator: Caroline John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-07

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Doctor Who

Publisher's Summary:

All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station. There are unaccountable losses of power-output, nervous breakdowns amongst the staff, and then - a death!

Members Reviews:

Quite different but interesting retelling.

What made the experience of listening to Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters the most enjoyable?

Caroline John's performance is good and the music between chapters is very cool and atmospheric. Sounded very "Doctor Who"! Made me wish there was more of it and also wonder who the composer was.An interesting listen as it differs a lot in places from the original program and goes into more detail.

If youve listened to books by Malcolm Hulke before, how does this one compare?

Book is well-written. This is one of my favourite stories from the third Doctor era so it was good to hear this expanded telling that includes many interesting descriptions from the point of view of the monsters.

Have you listened to any of Caroline Johns other performances before? How does this one compare?

She gives a lively performance at times and does the different voices and accents well. I see she also reads another of my favourites, "Inferno", so might check that one out next.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I managed it in two listens as I usually find audio-books quite long and rarely listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

Overall a worthwhile, interesting expansion of one of the best third Doctor stories.

Fantastic!

A great, classic story read by an amazing actress. Goes by very quickly. 5/5 stars.