BBC Hardcover Ninth Doc Novels
Tuesday, 6 July 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
As we previously reported, BBC Books will be issuing three (3) Doctor Who novels in March, April and July 2005 featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose. The official Doctor Who site today revealed some story information and titles on these, and confirmed that the books would be hardcover releases. However, Outpost Gallifrey has learned that the story blurbs are only brief outlines and not final drafts, and that the books will be aimed toward young adult readers ("hardcover" books that, like the Lemony Snicket series, are smaller... hence the รบ6.99 quoted price). One curious bit: the third book is released in July; we don't know if that is a typo, or if the schedule has been further adjusted. The titles and these outlines are below; more details as we get them.
The Death Players
The Doctor and Rose are back on present-day Earth, in the middle of a heatwave. Apart from the temperature, the worst thing that's happening is the local bully causing trouble. Everything else seems pretty good. A new video game has been launched; it's a big hit, and you can even win copies on scratchcards at the supermarket. There are all sorts of other prizes too - like holidays. That's what people are desperate to win - it's so hot, they want to get away for as long as possible. So it's really no surprise when they just don't return...
The Clockwise Man
In 1920s London the Doctor and Rose find themselves caught up in the hunt for a murderer. But not everyone or everything is what they seem. Secrets lie behind locked doors and inhuman killers roam the streets. Who is the Painted Lady and why is she so interested in the Doctor? How can a cat return from the dead? Can anyone be trusted to tell - or even to know - the truth? With faceless killers closing in, the Doctor and Rose must solve the mystery of the Clockwise Man before London itself is destroyed...
Monsters Inside
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a disastrous destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. Soon Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal while the Doctor languishes in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking their lives to escape in their distinctive styles. But their dangerous plans are further complicated by some old enemies. But are they fellow prisoners as they claim, or are they staging a takeover for their own sinister purposes?
The Doctor and Rose are back on present-day Earth, in the middle of a heatwave. Apart from the temperature, the worst thing that's happening is the local bully causing trouble. Everything else seems pretty good. A new video game has been launched; it's a big hit, and you can even win copies on scratchcards at the supermarket. There are all sorts of other prizes too - like holidays. That's what people are desperate to win - it's so hot, they want to get away for as long as possible. So it's really no surprise when they just don't return...
The Clockwise Man
In 1920s London the Doctor and Rose find themselves caught up in the hunt for a murderer. But not everyone or everything is what they seem. Secrets lie behind locked doors and inhuman killers roam the streets. Who is the Painted Lady and why is she so interested in the Doctor? How can a cat return from the dead? Can anyone be trusted to tell - or even to know - the truth? With faceless killers closing in, the Doctor and Rose must solve the mystery of the Clockwise Man before London itself is destroyed...
Monsters Inside
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a disastrous destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. Soon Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal while the Doctor languishes in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking their lives to escape in their distinctive styles. But their dangerous plans are further complicated by some old enemies. But are they fellow prisoners as they claim, or are they staging a takeover for their own sinister purposes?
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