The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a brutal deep-space prison colony. Can they stay out of gaol long enough to discover who - or what - is behind the sinister scientific plot that threatens billions of human lives? The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. While Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal, the Doctor is trapped in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking life and limb to escape in their distinctive styles. But their dangerous plans are complicated by some old enemies. Are these creatures fellow prisoners as they claim, or staging a takeover for their own sinister purposes? Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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ITs 'bout TIME!...The DOC is doin' TIME!,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: Monsters Inside (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
Yeah...sure it IS a cliche', but it's one of my favorite cliches and one I've wanted to see a Dr. Who slant on.
The 9th Doctor and his current companion Rose Tyler accidently land on Justicia, prison camp consisting of over six planets. The pair are immediately locked up. The Doctor is trapped with the rest of the aliens in a scientific labour camp. While Rose is in with the human "bad girls" who immediately welcome her to the teen borstal.The two work against the odds to find one another and escape, but as the Doctor says, "You've got two hopes- BOB HOPE and NO hope." Writer Stephen Cole does a nice job of capturing the feel of the 900 year old, regenerating, time-traveling Doctor as played by Christopher Eccleston (the 2005 season of the 40 year old British sci-fi series). Fans of the show will enjoy this original Dr. Who adventure which is similar to the style of the old Target books episode-by-episode TV tie-ins. These have more dynamic plots and lovely HARD-BACK editions. Given the 9th Doctor's short 13 episode run, I look forward to stretching out his "time-line" by reading A bunch more of these.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Does what it's supposed to do,
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This review is from: Doctor Who: Monsters Inside (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
I didn't expect much from "The Monsters Inside". It's so unusual, however, to find a "Doctor Who" novel without a completely embarrassing, amateurish covers, so already the book exceeded expectations before I'd even opened it up.
Author Stephen Cole also gets extra points for making this book read like a seamless part of Season 1 of Russell T. Davies "Doctor Who". The story's villains, as promised on the back cover, are drawn from an alien race that appeared in three of the 13 Christopher Eccleston TV episodes. Much is made of this being Rose's first trip to an alien planet -- something that she didn't accomplish on the small screen. There's even a "Bad Wolf" reference. As a Davies "Doctor Who"-era novel, "Monsters Inside" does what it's supposed to do. Negatives: I couldn't find Christopher Eccleston's "voice" as the Doctor during most of his scenes here. Jac Rayner got his essence much better in "Winner Takes All". While I don't believe that this was an old 8th Doctor outline that Cole recycled on short notice, I did find myself continually reading the Doctor as Paul McGann -- the Doctor that Cole is probably most familiar with from his years as writer and editor for BBC Books' 8th Doctor series. This is most evident during a scene where the Doctor spoils his own prison break by talking too loud. The secondary characters are your standard combination of way- over-the-top, and absolute cardboard. The main villain, head of a family crime ring, is named "Don Arco" but, to hedge his bets, he drops the occasional Yiddish vulgarity. OK, I almost get the point. To be fair, this might have been funny on TV with the right voice-actor. It's great to have some Ninth Doctor novels, now that Eccleston's too-short tenure on TV is over. Reading "Monsters Inside" is comparable to watching a fair-to-middling episode like "Aliens of London" on video, but it's nice to have the extra stories around.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Prisoner in cell-block wHo,
This review is from: Doctor Who: Monsters Inside (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
This is the best book so far in the 9th doctor line. Funny, scary, fast paced, this book is a good read. The plot was not totally predictable, and had some great twists and turns (guess who is the monster!). While the book would have read better if I had seen the BBC series, I can't blame that on the author. I also enjoyed the charecters. So many Who novels have such flat static people, but this one actually had people who developed with the story. Most important, the premise was diffrent then most new Who novels that just try to capture the old series style. If I wanted the old series, I would watch/read the old series. I am looking for new who novels to expand and build on what's been done before (and not just doing cruel things to Ace). All in all, a good solid read that has restored my hope for the 9th doctor novels. Here's hoping the next three are more like this one.
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