12th Doctor Books - September 11th 2014
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Three of them are being released ....
"Silhouette"
By Justin Richards.
“Vastra and Strax and Jenny? Oh no, we don’t need to bother them. Trust me.”
Marlowe Hapworth is found dead in his locked study, killed by an unknown assailant. This is a case for the Great Detective, Madame Vastra.
Rick Bellamy, bare-knuckle boxer, has the life drawn out of him by a figure dressed as an undertaker. This angers Strax the Sontaran.
The Carnival of Curiosities, a collection of bizarre and fascinating sideshows and performers. This is where Jenny Flint looks for answers.
How are these things connected? And what does Orestes Milton, rich industrialist, have to do with it all? As the Doctor and Clara joint the hunt for the truth they find themselves thrust into a world where nothing and no one are what they seem.
"The Blood Cell"
By James Goss.
“Release the Doctor – or the killing will start.”
An asteroid in the furthest reaches of space – the most secure prison for the most dangerous of criminals. The Governor is responsible for the cruellest murderers. So he’s not impressed by the arrival of the man they’re calling the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant. Or, as he prefers to be known, the Doctor.
But when the new prisoner immediately sets about trying to escape, and keeps trying, the Governor sets out to find out why.
Who is the Doctor and what’s he really doing here? And who is the young woman who comes every day to visit him, only to be turned away by the guards?
When the killing finally starts, the Governor begins to get his answers…
"The Crawling Terror"
By Mike Tucker.
“Well, I doubt you’ll ever see a bigger insect.”
Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. ‘Mummy there’s a daddy longlegs in my room!’ Then the screaming starts… Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous.
But it isn’t the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn’t the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous.
With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War, no one is safe.
I think I'll end up getting Silhouette to be honest but they all sound intriguing.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/first-12th-doctor-novels-detailed-63628.htm
"Silhouette"
By Justin Richards.
“Vastra and Strax and Jenny? Oh no, we don’t need to bother them. Trust me.”
Marlowe Hapworth is found dead in his locked study, killed by an unknown assailant. This is a case for the Great Detective, Madame Vastra.
Rick Bellamy, bare-knuckle boxer, has the life drawn out of him by a figure dressed as an undertaker. This angers Strax the Sontaran.
The Carnival of Curiosities, a collection of bizarre and fascinating sideshows and performers. This is where Jenny Flint looks for answers.
How are these things connected? And what does Orestes Milton, rich industrialist, have to do with it all? As the Doctor and Clara joint the hunt for the truth they find themselves thrust into a world where nothing and no one are what they seem.
"The Blood Cell"
By James Goss.
“Release the Doctor – or the killing will start.”
An asteroid in the furthest reaches of space – the most secure prison for the most dangerous of criminals. The Governor is responsible for the cruellest murderers. So he’s not impressed by the arrival of the man they’re calling the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant. Or, as he prefers to be known, the Doctor.
But when the new prisoner immediately sets about trying to escape, and keeps trying, the Governor sets out to find out why.
Who is the Doctor and what’s he really doing here? And who is the young woman who comes every day to visit him, only to be turned away by the guards?
When the killing finally starts, the Governor begins to get his answers…
"The Crawling Terror"
By Mike Tucker.
“Well, I doubt you’ll ever see a bigger insect.”
Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. ‘Mummy there’s a daddy longlegs in my room!’ Then the screaming starts… Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous.
But it isn’t the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn’t the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous.
With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War, no one is safe.
I think I'll end up getting Silhouette to be honest but they all sound intriguing.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/first-12th-doctor-novels-detailed-63628.htm
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Do the writers of these stories already know what 12 is going to be like personality wise and do they know his catchphrase? (if he has one)
Presumably at that point we'd have had about 3 - 4 episodes so we'd at least have some impression of him by then.
They'd have to be told of his character to be able to write the books in the first place. My understanding was that in the past, the writers of these books have been given access to the scripts to inform their work, so would assume the same would be the case in this instance.
Nine: TV debut Rose aired 26 March 2005, first book The Clockwise Man out 19 May 2005.
Ten: TV debut The Christmas Invasion aired 25 December 2005, first book The Stone Rose out 13 April 2006, which is two days before New Earth aired, the first episode of series 2.
Eleven: TV debut The Eleventh Hour aired 3 April 2010, first book Apollo 23 out 22 April 2010.
Twelve bestselling authors, twelve Doctors, twelve brilliant adventures in time and space for all Doctor Who fans! This print anthology features the original eleven eShorts plus a brand-new Twelfth Doctor story by a top-secret author.
Glad now that I hadn't got around to buying the 11 stories version, but I bet there will be anger from those who already have done to have to re-buy if they want the full content
"Spackity bye" would be a decent enough guess.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/first-12th-doctor-novels-detailed-63628.htm
Peter Capaldi's Catchprase