July 15th, 2014
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Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror (12th Doctor novel)
Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror (12th Doctor novel) (Hardback)
“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.
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The Flying Shark
April 12th, 2016 - 7:04pmI got the paperback version of this book yesterday from Botany Bay for £3.99.
The Flying Shark
June 12th, 2017 - 4:31pmGot the hardback today from an Age UK Charity Shop for £1.99!
Antonio Zambonini
October 4th, 2014 - 7:05pmAwazing book def recomend it awesome ferum of second world war and spipers,moscitos
Radburn
September 10th, 2014 - 6:42pmA day to go BBCShop…
Antonio Zambonini
September 5th, 2014 - 9:12pmFound this and another one today so happy 🙂
The Council of sandshoes
August 11th, 2014 - 10:20pmLooks awesome .
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
July 16th, 2014 - 6:08pmnot going near that book. not a spider fan! i was terrified of the racnoss
The Council of sandshoes
August 11th, 2014 - 10:22pmItll just be like planet of the spiders but alot scaryer .does anyone else think capaldis gonna be like john pertwee
the astronaut of death
July 15th, 2014 - 8:31pmCome on capaldi , crack a smile
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 15th, 2014 - 6:36pmI love this picture of Capaldi
RexisnotyourDoctor
July 15th, 2014 - 2:03pmNice to see some new shots of Capaldi in costume. The white shirt/cardie variant of the costume is definitely my favourite.
Mike Tucker’s written some good Who novels in the past so I’ll probably be picking this one up.
TC200
July 15th, 2014 - 12:29pmis that the font on web of fear
Anonymous
June 3rd, 2014 - 7:54amlol 🙂
Moodbeam
June 2nd, 2014 - 11:03pmWill we get a longer novel more akin to Silent Stars and Terraphiles this year?
The TARDIS
June 3rd, 2014 - 6:41amI think that is Engines of War.
The Council of sandshoes
August 12th, 2014 - 8:16pmHas anyone read the dalek generation its awesome
VespiformsSting
June 2nd, 2014 - 10:41pmFunny my first thought was ancient symbols, world war two mystery….its the Curse of Fenric…. but it seems to have borrowed quite a few old ‘Who’ ideas…
Have to be honest Ive looked at these ‘new adventure’ books at various stages since they first stared the TimeWyrm series and Ive not really liked any of the ones Ive read that much….
Sam Richard Bentley
June 2nd, 2014 - 10:57pmMay I suggest a couple that I thought were exceptionally good?
My favourite, out of them all, is ‘Touched by an Angel’ by Jonathon Morris – I read it back in 2012, and it broke my heart. I won’t spoil anything for you, but it is easily one of the most like-the-show tie-in books there are.
Another great one is ‘Nuclear Time’ by Oli Smith – a timey-wimey extravaganza, in my opinion. Lot’s of bit’s where it things don’t get explained until much later in the books.
I don’t know if you’ll like them, but I’d suggest them to anyone!
ParadigmDalek1325
July 15th, 2014 - 2:09pmTouched by an Angel is my favourite and is worth the read indeed! I quite liked “Night of the Humans”, that had a good atmospheric vibe! And I thought “Borrowed Time” was good too!
By the way, this cover looks fantastic!
Radburn
June 2nd, 2014 - 9:36pmSounds like a touch of Quatermass in this one…
Clive Radburn
September 8th, 2014 - 12:06pmhi, intresting. My surname is Radburn and I am a Dr Who Fan
the eternal doctor
June 2nd, 2014 - 8:32pmsome of the doctor who books are hard to understand but the silent stars go by was good maby this might be better
Trenzalore
June 2nd, 2014 - 8:34pmI read the silent stars go by but I found it really hard to get into to be honest. Wasn’t really my thing though.
the astronaut of death
June 2nd, 2014 - 6:53pmI am not really a fan of these books
but the 11th doctor novel ,nothing o clock , was good
Al
June 2nd, 2014 - 10:22pmKeep in mind Nothing O’Clock was a short story/novella. This is a full length book. It’s like trying to compare a two-episode Classic Era story with a 6-parter.
Doctorfan
June 2nd, 2014 - 4:42pmMight be web planet/planets of giants sort of book
Doctor Simeon
June 2nd, 2014 - 4:39pmI was speaking to Mike Tucker about this yesterday, he’s doing the cover for it 🙂
TheWhomobile
June 2nd, 2014 - 4:01pmMy mind turns to the Third Doctor story the Green Death with the mutated insects 🙂
Robert Adams AKA Sutekh
June 3rd, 2014 - 5:38pmOh my. Oh my oh my oh my. Don’t. Say. Eight. Legs.
biggestwhofanever
June 2nd, 2014 - 3:53pmi think it doesn’t sound as interesting as the other books but i am rather creeped out by daddy longlegs so i’m still getting it!
Dalek1234
June 2nd, 2014 - 3:14pmthat’s sounds good!
Dalek1234
June 2nd, 2014 - 3:15pmI remember when I once called out “mummy there’s a daddy longlegs in my room”! when I was 5. I still remember being scared of daddy longlegs so I may not get this!