Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #50)
The Doctor, Amy, and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying...and then the Doctor's old enemies, the Ice Warriors, make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger...
Really really liked this one - without doubt the best Eleventh Doctor book I've read yet. Granted, there are several I've yet to read, but there was really very little to not like about this one for me.I've not made a secret about not being happy with the last few years of Doctor Who on TV - I don't mind Matt Smith as Eleven, and Amy & Rory were always likeable enough, but I didn't care for the season arcs, or for the entire River plot, or, well, basically anything. I gave up mid-season six
Yep, that sure was a Doctor Who novel.
I enjoyed, it was Traditional Doctor Who by numbers. It has all the elements that Doctor Who has had over the years. Monsters, runnings, secrets, long lost Earth colonists. It could have come out of the Troughton era or the early Baker era, it's fun, great great fun, the characters are well written and the Doctor, Amy and Rory shine just as much on the page as they do on screen...Unfortunatly, it's Traditional Doctor Who by numbers and I've got to be honest, I kinda wanted more to it then that.
This Doctor Who book for adults sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive on a snowy planet which is being terraformed. But someone has gone missing and there are giants in the woods!The aliens in this book are the Ice Warriors which have not been seen on TV for many a year. They are written wonderfully and appear just like they did on TV. The Doctor makes various references to his past adventures with them including mentioning some past companions. Its a great nod back but as Amy is meeting the Ice
This book was definitely not what I expected. What began as a simple romp with Ice Warriors rapidly transformed into a tale of socialism in space! The story describes an agricultural people's existence on a hostile ice planet. However, despite the amount of hoes and trowels at their disposal, they were not prepared for an invasion of mighty lizard men. Now this all sounds a bit silly. But that is where Abnett made this a success. Unlike previous authors attempts' at writing Doctor Who, Abnettt
DNFI won't bother to put a rating on this book because I never got into it. I am a classic Doctor Who fan. I will be honest, I don't really care for the New Series. I began to loose interest during series 5 and ever since, I've always been hit and miss. I like the 12th doctor but his era and stories have been on the mixed side. The show needs to do some big changes, which it has because I think it's on the verge of dying and perhaps leading to cancellation. Nobody can argue to the point that
Dan Abnett
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Title | : | Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #50) |
Author | : | Dan Abnett |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
Published | : | September 29th 2011 by BBC Books |
Categories | : | Media Tie In. Doctor Who. Science Fiction. Fiction |
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For centuries the Maintainers have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that's little enough. But their purpose, their whole life is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old Earth. Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it's becoming impossible. This year's Winter Season Feast won't be the usual celebration. It's not a time for optimism or hope - and it's not a time to welcome unexpected guests.The Doctor, Amy, and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying...and then the Doctor's old enemies, the Ice Warriors, make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger...
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Original Title: | The Silent Stars Go By |
ISBN: | 1849902437 (ISBN13: 9781849902434) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Doctor Who: New |
Series: | Adventures #50, Doctor Who: New |
Series: | Adventures Specials #2, Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Edition Books #11, Doctor Who #6 , more |
Characters: | Ice Warriors, The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, The Doctor |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 2340 Users | 274 ReviewsCriticize Regarding Books Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #50)
When this book was first published The Ice Warriors hadn't appeared in the modern series, so it was great to finally have a story featuring them.The author really captures Matt Smith's incarnation of The Doctor perfectly.Really really liked this one - without doubt the best Eleventh Doctor book I've read yet. Granted, there are several I've yet to read, but there was really very little to not like about this one for me.I've not made a secret about not being happy with the last few years of Doctor Who on TV - I don't mind Matt Smith as Eleven, and Amy & Rory were always likeable enough, but I didn't care for the season arcs, or for the entire River plot, or, well, basically anything. I gave up mid-season six
Yep, that sure was a Doctor Who novel.
I enjoyed, it was Traditional Doctor Who by numbers. It has all the elements that Doctor Who has had over the years. Monsters, runnings, secrets, long lost Earth colonists. It could have come out of the Troughton era or the early Baker era, it's fun, great great fun, the characters are well written and the Doctor, Amy and Rory shine just as much on the page as they do on screen...Unfortunatly, it's Traditional Doctor Who by numbers and I've got to be honest, I kinda wanted more to it then that.
This Doctor Who book for adults sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive on a snowy planet which is being terraformed. But someone has gone missing and there are giants in the woods!The aliens in this book are the Ice Warriors which have not been seen on TV for many a year. They are written wonderfully and appear just like they did on TV. The Doctor makes various references to his past adventures with them including mentioning some past companions. Its a great nod back but as Amy is meeting the Ice
This book was definitely not what I expected. What began as a simple romp with Ice Warriors rapidly transformed into a tale of socialism in space! The story describes an agricultural people's existence on a hostile ice planet. However, despite the amount of hoes and trowels at their disposal, they were not prepared for an invasion of mighty lizard men. Now this all sounds a bit silly. But that is where Abnett made this a success. Unlike previous authors attempts' at writing Doctor Who, Abnettt
DNFI won't bother to put a rating on this book because I never got into it. I am a classic Doctor Who fan. I will be honest, I don't really care for the New Series. I began to loose interest during series 5 and ever since, I've always been hit and miss. I like the 12th doctor but his era and stories have been on the mixed side. The show needs to do some big changes, which it has because I think it's on the verge of dying and perhaps leading to cancellation. Nobody can argue to the point that
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