Product Description

The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding in to Earth s space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance...

The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. Earth Command will pay them for every Dalek they kill, every eye stalk they bring back as proof.

With the Doctor s help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner intact, powerless, and ready for interrogation. But where the Daleks are involved, nothing is what it seems, and no one is safe. Before long the tables will be turned, and how will the Doctor survive when he becomes a prisoner of the Daleks?

Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the hit BBC Television series.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16195 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Trevor Baxendale was born in Liverpool in 1966. He has been contributing to a variety of Doctor Who fiction ranges for both BBC Books and Big Finish Productions for the last ten years and is the author of the award-winning 2004 BBC novel The Deadstone Memorial. He is a regular contributor to BBC Magazines' hugely popular Doctor Who Adventures, scripting the further exploits of the Doctor in comic strip form. His Torchwood novel, Something in the Water, was published in March 2008 and was a national bestseller.

Customer Reviews

YOU ARE A PRISONER OF THE DALEKS!
A new doctor who novel. telling a story not seen on tv. featuring the tenth doctor on his own. characterised perfectly well enough for you to have no problem imagining david tennant saying the dialogue. complete in 251 pages. and suitable for readers of all ages.

the story involves the doctor finding himself in a time somewhen before the time war, with humans and daleks in the middle of an intergalactic war. he finds himself stranded with a group of humans who hunt daleks for a living. and they find themselves caught up in a dalek plot that places the future of the space time continuum at risk. literally.

long term fans may find the style of this familiar as it contains a lot of the elements that dalek creator terry nation would have in his stories. a group of tough humans and a humanoid alien. desolate planets. space battles. humans becoming prisoners of the daleks. cunning dalek plans. dalek spaceships. lots of explosions. and a chilling coda that suggests the daleks arent gone for good.

this book contains all of those, and yet it's done so well it's never cliched and that's all part of the charm. the human and humanoid characters are all quite well rounded and have believable motivations. it also brings in the moral questions that the show would often raise, not least whether killing or torturing daleks makes you any better than them.

all of this makes it a real page turner. and the daleks are also done very well. they do some very nasty things that are well in keeping with their character. and in a nice touch the book uses a different typeset for their dialogue.

those familiar with terry nations work will also spot a sneaky reference to a planet from his other show blake's 7. which was a nice touch.

a hugely enjoyable read.

Old school Dalek Mash-up
The first of the BBC Books series of Ninth or Tenth Doctor novels to feature those malignant pepperpots from Skaro feels like a fairly adult novel compared to some others in the range. Trevor Baxendale's story is extremely gripping and doesn't shy away from describing violence, as The Doctor - travelling alone once more - finds himself allied to a group of hardened human mercenaries, during the ongoing Dalek/Earth war of the far future. This plays out like one of those archetypal TV serials; hardened mercenaries battle the pre-Time War Dalek empire, and is consequently melodramatic, bloody and hugely entertaining.

Baxendale's books are nothing if not action-packed, and Prisoner of the Daleks is no exception; introducing the fearsome `Dalek X', this features torture, death aplenty, and vivid descriptions of what lurks inside the casings of The Daleks; despite this it is a strong story and the violence is far from gratuitous; TB never shies away from imbuing his characters with realistic levels of anger, fear, and cunning; not to mention a thirst for vengeance.

The Doctor veers characteristically from bonhomie to bitterness; his exclamations of `allons y' and `molto bene' can become tiresome after a while but he remains eminently likeable and always eager to eschew violence and killing. Like the other two novels released alongside this one, Prisoner introduces a plucky and resourceful female one-off companion for The Doctor; unlike the others though, she definitely won't be back.

Trevor Baxendale's book is ultimately an engaging and accessible read for all ages, and I for one am happy to recommend it.

Not just for kids!
The BBC line of books can often be quite frustrating for older readers, with a few notable exceptions. And thankfully Prisoner of the Daleks is not only one of those exceptions, it stands head and shoulders above them.

Prisoner of the Daleks finds the Time Lord thrown back into the Daleks past at the height of their war with Humanity. Set sometime after series 4, the Doctor now travelling alone and his isolation without a companion is a key element in the plot. He is taken in by a small team of Dalek bounty hunters who resent his presence aboard their ship. Also on board is a captured Dalek, whom the embittered captain decides to torture.

Writer Trevor Baxendale doesn't flinch from his portrayal of the Daleks brutality, or indeed the brutality of Humans in war, and there is a surprisingly dark tone throughtout the novel.

The Doctor's voice and his essential Doctor-ness (for want of a better term) is captured excellently, with Baxendale displaying an understanding of the character that can sometimes be sorely missed in these tie-ins.

In a nutshell, if you only ever buy one Doctor Who book, make sure it's this one!