Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128587 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-13
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Synopsis
Starfall - a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work. And that includes the TARDIS. The pioneers who used to be drawn by the hope of making a fortune from the mines can find easier picking elsewhere. But they still come for the romance of it, or old-fashioned organic mining. Or in the hope of finding the lost treasure of Hamlek Glint - scourge of the spaceways, privateer, adventurer, bandit. Will the TARDIS ever work again? Is Glint's lost treasure waiting to be found? And does the fabled Resurrection Casket, the key to eternal life, really exist? With the help of new friends, and to the horror of new enemies, the Doctor and Rose aim to find out. Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television.

About the Author
Justin Richards is the Creative Consultant for the BBC's range of Doctor Who books, and has written a fair few of them himself. As well as writing for stage, screen and audio, he is also the author of The Invisible Detective and Time Runners series of novels for children, and Agent Alfie for younger readers.

As well as collaborating with thriller writer Jack Higgins, he writes standalone novels for older children including The Death Collector, The Chaos Code, and The Parliament of Blood.

Justin lives in Warwick, with his wife, two children and a nice view of the castle.

Customer Reviews

the space pirates
a prose novel telling an all new doctor who story, featuring david tennant's tenth doctor and his companion rose tyler. as usual with these they can be read by all ages and the book is a self contained story in roughly 250 pages. this one came a couple of years ago when we hadn't seen much of the tenth doctor on screen at the time, but it captures the character perfectly.

the story involves the doctor and rose getting stranded on a world with steam powered technology since more modern things don't work, and getting involved in the hunt for the lost treasure of a legendary space pirate. the setting is well realised and quite original and very stylish. all the characters are much the same, but the book never gets silly or stupid.

The one problem it has it that it takes about a hundred pages to get going, and the nature of the plot and story means younger readers will probably get more out of it than older ones. but stick with it because it does manage some good plot developments and some excellent twists. not a bad book, but could be a little better

Who for da Kidz
The Doctor and Rose have just landed on a planet that has such a strong magnetic pulse that traditional technology does not work. Unfortunately, for our dynamic duo, this means that the TARDIS has locked them out! They must find a way off the planet and an opportunity arises when a rich local man hires them to search local space for a casket that is reportedly able to bring the dead back to life. With a steamship manned by a crew of Robots the Doctor must not only discover the casket, but also unravel the age old myths surrounding one of the most famous space pirates that ever lived (and died, and lived again?).

Combining space and pirates is a great idea for a Dr Who book and Justin Richards is able to do so by creating a planet that powers future technologies using steam power. Some of the ideas in this books are fantastic, especially the robots that move using steam. Unfortunately, it's the overly fantastic ideas and slight reliance on pirate clichés that makes this book feel very much a juvenile novel. If you take into account that the book is written for younger Who fans you can forgive some of the poorer writing and obvious flaws in the technology. However, if you are an older fan of the Doctor and you are well versed in science fiction this novel may be too basic for your tastes.

The Resurrection Casket
I did think this book was one of the best. Good storyline and a good monster, Kevin, who apologises before ripping you apart. A good book, buy it!