Doctor Who Books to Release Lost Douglas Adams Story "The Krikkitmen"

Doctor Who Books will yet again be releasing a Douglas Adams story.  This time a rejected screen play from 1976 that he eventualy retooled for his third Hitchhikers novel "Life, the Universe and Everything".  The book will again be adapted by James Goss who also novelized "The Pirate Planet" which came out earlier this year.  The book will be released in January of 2018.

Intergalactic war? That’s just not cricket … or is it? 

The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she’s less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back. 

Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles – to human eyes, at least – an oversized set of cricket stumps…

From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes…

BBC Books to Release Three New Doctor Who Books Featuring the 12th Doctor

BBC Books have announced three new books featuring the 12th Doctor, Nardole and Bill that will be out in the UK on April 20th.  The three new books are Diamond Dogs by Mike Tucker,  The Shining Man by Cavan Scott and Plague City by Jonathan Morris.You can pre - order these books now on Amazon.


The Shining Man
By Cavan Scott

“Being scared is the least of your worries.”

The Shining Men are everywhere. You spot them out of the corner of your eye. Abnormally tall, with long lank hair, blank faces and blazing eyes. If they catch you, they’ll drag you away to who knows where. No one is safe. They’re on every street corner. Waiting. Watching. Shining bright.

Of course it’s a hoax. It has to be, right? It started as a joke, a prank for Halloween. Then it went viral. Idiots dressing up as monsters. Giving folk a scare. Silly masks and fright wigs. No one gets hurt. Because bogeymen aren’t real.

Until people start going missing and lights burn in the darkness. Burning like eyes. But help is on its way, in the form of a strange man called the Doctor and his friend, Bill.

The Doctor will keep us safe. The Doctor will stop the monsters. Unless the monsters stop the Doctor first...


Plague City
By Jonathan Morris

“We should leave. We definitely should leave. But... chatty ghosts!”

The year is 1645, and Edinburgh is in the grip of the worst plague in its history. Nobody knows who will be the next to succumb – nobody except the Night Doctor, a masked figure that stalks the streets, seeking out those who will not live to see another day.

But death is not the end. The Doctor, Bill and Nardole discover that the living are being haunted by the recently departed – by ghosts that do not know they are dead. And there are other creatures lurking in the shadows, slithering, creeping creatures filled with an insatiable hunger.

The Doctor and his friends must face the terrifying secret of the Street of Sorrows – that something which has lain dormant for two hundred million years is due to destroy the entire city...


Diamond Dogs
By Mike Tucker

For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when a mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds.

Something that can’t possibly exist.

When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft.

And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting to rise.

“Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds.”

Doctor Who - The American Adventures Review

Doctor Who:
The American Adventures
By Justin Richards

BBC Books have come out with a book that consists of six short stories that have one thing in common.  All the stories take place in the United States during different points in its history and The Doctor happens to be there to fix what is going wrong.  The six stories take place in the Midwest to New York City in the early 1900’s and a fun park in the future in Florida.

Doctor Who To Get The Hargreaves Treatment

The popular book series by Roger Hargreaves will be getting a new addition.  Four Doctor Who books in the Hargreaves style will be coming out in the Spring of 2017 and will be written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves son Adam.  The first four books will feature the First, Fourth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors.  The first four books will be out on April 25th and are available to pre order on Amazon.

Doctor Who - 10th Doctor and Donna Take On Internet Trolls In New Book

There will be a new Doctor Who book coming out in the UK on May 12th (December in the US). The plot of the story sees The Doctor facing off against Internet Trolls that are being manipulated by aliens so that they can feed off the hatred generated by the humans.  This is an interesting concept for a book as everyone has had encounters with internet trolls in one way or another on Facebook or Twitter.  Below is the synopsis for In the Blood.

All over the world, people are 'ghosting' each other on social media. Dropping their friends, giving vent to their hatred, and everywhere behaving with incredible cruelty. Even Donna has found that her friend Hettie, with her seemingly perfect life and fancy house, has unfriended her. And now, all over the world, internet trolls are dying...

As more and more people give in to this wave of bitterness and aggression, it's clear this is no simple case of modern living. This is unkindness as a plague. 

From the streets of London to the web cafes of South Korea and the deepest darkest forests of Rio, can the Doctor and Donna find the cause of this unhappiness before it's too late?

An original novel featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Doctor Who - The Legends of Ashildr Synopsis

Out now is a book based on the Maisie Williams series 9 character Ashildr.  If you are a fan of this character and want to know what she was up to while she was immortal and was living her long life.

Ashildr, a young Viking girl, died helping the Doctor and Clara to save the village she loved. And for her heroism, the Doctor used alien technology to bring her back to life. Ashildr is now immortal – The Woman Who Lived. 

Since that day, Ashildr has kept journals to chronicle her extraordinary life. The Legends of Ashildr is a glimpse of some of those stories: the terrors she has faced, the battles she has won, and the treasures she has found.

These are tales of a woman who lived longer than she should ever have lived – and lost more than she can even remember.

An original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi, and Ashildr as played by Maisie Williams.

Doctor Who - New 12th Doctor Books Synopsis and Cover Art

BBC Books have giving out the details for the next batch of 12th Doctor Books that will be out this September.  The 12th Doctor and Clara embark on three more adventures as you can order these from Amazon or from your favorite bookstore.

Royal Blood By Una McCormack
The Grail is a story, a myth! It didn't exist on your world! It can't exist here! The city-state of Varuz is failing. Duke Aurelian is the last of his line, his capital is crumbling, and the armies of his enemy, Duke Conrad, are poised beyond the mountains to invade. Aurelian is preparing to gamble everything on one last battle. So when a holy man, The Doctor, comes to Varuz from beyond the mountains, Aurelian asks for his blessing in the war. But all is not what it seems in Varuz. The city-guard have lasers for swords, and the halls are lit by electric candlelight. Aurelian's beloved wife, Guena, and his most trusted knight , Bernhardt, seem to be plotting to overthrow their Duke, and Clara finds herself drawn into their intrigue... Will The Doctor stop Aurelian from going to war? Will Clara's involvement in the plot against the Duke he discovered? Why is Conrad's ambassador so nervous? And who are the ancient and weary knights who arrive in Varuz claiming to he on a quest for the Holy Grail...? An original novel featuring The Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman.

Doctor Who - Harvest of Time Review

Doctor Who:
Harvest of Time
By Alastair Reynolds

The Third Doctor and Jo are embroiled in a pretty strange predicament.  It appears that The Master has called for aid from one of his future selves to help get him out of prison.  But unknown to The Master it did not work out the way he thought it would.   What The Doctor discovers is that something has gone wrong with The Masters timeline and that a future Master is not coming to save him but instead it appears he is being erased from time.  The Doctor has to keep reminding The Brigadier, Captain Yates and Sgt Benton about The Master by giving them a paper with his face on it to remind them who he is.  But that is not all.  The Sild have arrived on Earth and due to The Masters meddling with time used that signal to come to Earth and proceed to invade.  To save the Earth The Doctor must go to the future and with another unsettling alliance with The Master must find the source of the Sild and shut it down to save The Master and the Earth.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Eater of Wasps By @Paul_Bowler

Doctor Who:
Eater of Wasps
By Trevor Baxendale
Reviewed By Paul Bowler

The TARDIS arrives in the quiet little village of Marpling in 1933, where the Doctor, Anji, and Fitz discover that a deadly artefact from the future has been unleashed on the unsuspecting villages. Having taken over a wasps nest in a garden shed, the device mutates the insects, which then begin to attack the villages. But the Doctor and his companions are not the only time-travellers here. A special team of commandoes have been sent to deal with the threat, with orders to either recover the weapon or destroy the entire area if anything should go wrong. The Doctor and his friends must find a way to stay one step ahead of the time-travelling soldiers, as well as the local authorities, in a desperate race against time to track down the source of the outbreak and save the world. 

Eater of Wasps is a compelling and dark eighth Doctor Novel by Trevor Baxendale. The Doctor is still recovering his memory as this point, making him a little erratic and unpredictable at times. Baxendale captures the eighth Doctor’s character perfectly, with the Time Lord reminiscing about his past as events unfold around him, before flying into action when danger strikes. New companion Anji begins to revaluate her life, while trying to decide if she can trust the Doctor. Fitz doesn’t get quite as much to do in this story, but he has some great scenes with the Doctor, and he works really well with Anji. They each see different sides to the Doctor, with Fitz being more trusting while Anji has her doubts, and this creates an interesting dynamic between the Time Lord and his companions. 

The villagers are all well developed characters: there is a nosey neighbour Mrs Havers, as well as the dynamic Hilary Pink, lonely teenager Liam, and Charles Rigby, who are all just a few of the colourful and eccentric characters that populate Baxendale’s story. The time-travelling commandoes are also a great bunch of characters, especially Kala, and her scenes with the Doctor are excellent.

Eater of Wasps contains some very graphic and disturbing scenes of horror, as the wasp’s attacks become increasingly violent, and the ghastly images of wasps pouring into peoples mouths will linger long after you have finished the book. Rigby’s transformation is also brilliantly handled, and genuinely horrifying. There is a gut wrenching autopsy scene, a creepy moment where the Doctor and Fitz explore Rigby’s house and a fantastic sequence on a train.


This is an extremely well written eighth Doctor book, with a great TARDIS crew, and the story is thoroughly engaging, if a little horrific in places. Eater of Wasps is a very traditional feeling Doctor Who story, full of well written characters, and it has some chilling scenes of body horror that are sure to make your skin crawl. It starts slowly and quickly builds to a nail biting showdown, a great book, and highly recommended.

New Doctor Who Books Announced For April

BBC Books have announced some new titles in their Doctor Who range of 11th Doctor Adventures and this time there are some familiar characters joining him this time. The new books are  Plague of the Cybermen by Justin Richards, Shroud of Sorrow by new writer Tommy Donbavand and The Dalek Generation and is by Nicholas Briggs  The three new books will be released on April 11th in the UK.

The synopsis for the three books.


"When the Doctor arrives in the 19th-century village of Klimtenburg, he discovers the residents suffering from some kind of plague – a ‘wasting disease’. The victims face a horrible death – but what’s worse, the dead seem to be leaving their graves. The Plague Warriors have returned…

The Doctor is confident he knows what’s really happening; he understands where the dead go, and he’s sure the Plague Warriors are just a myth. But as some of the Doctor’s oldest and most terrible enemies start to awaken he realises that maybe – just maybe – he’s misjudged the situation."






"23rd November, 1963. It is the day after John F. Kennedy’s assassination – and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his late father in the mists along Totter’s Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane.

Then the faces begin to talk, and scream… and push through into our world. As the alien Shroud begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning, can the Doctor dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind?"





"Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good – and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan – but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation?

But convince them he must, and soon. For on another Foundation planet, archaeologists have unearthed the most dangerous technology in the universe…"

BBC Books Ebook - Doctor Who: Devil In The Smoke - An Adventure For The Great Detective

In the same vein as The Melody Malone ebook that was released in conjuction with The Angels Take Manhattan now comes an ebook to tie in with The Snowmen.  The Devil in the Smoke An Adventure
For The Great Detective is written by Justin Richards and will be released on December 18th. Here is the synopsis:

Madame Vastra, the fabled Lizard Woman of Paternoter Row, knew death in many shapes and forms. But perhaps one of the most bizarre of these was death by snow…

On a cold day in December, two young boys, tired of sweeping snow from the workhouse yard, decide to build a snowman – and are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. In horrified fascination, they watch as their snowman begins to bleed…

The search for answers to this impossible event will plunge Harry into the most hazardous – and exhilarating – adventure of his life. He will encounter a hideous troll. He will dine with a mysterious parlour maid. And he will help The Great Detective, Madame Vastra, save the world from the terrifying Devil in the Smoke.

Source: BBC Books, Doctor Who News

Shada paperback edition, and many more Doctor Who publications expected in 2013

In the run-up to Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, it has been announced by BBC books that a number of special publications will be released in 2013.

Doctor Who - Touch By An Angel Book Review

Doctor Who
Touch By An Angel
By Jonathan Morris


Mark Whitaker is a grieving widow who lost the love of his life in a car accident in 2003.  He then receives an envelope that has “You can save her” in the message.  Confused and perplex mark seems to be aware that something is watching and following him.  Something that is sinister and really nasty.   Then Mark bumps into The Doctor who seems to arrive at the right time to save Mark from a Weeping Angel image in a TV in a store display.  That intervention is short lived as The Angel gets Mark at his apartment and sends him back in time to before he met his wife Rebecca and that note and envelope make sense.  But the Doctor finds this out and it’s up to him and Amy and Rory to go back in time and prevent a time stream problem that will feed energy to The Weeping Angels.