Product Description

1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens! With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen! But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16160 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Simon Guerrier is the author of the Doctor Who novels The Time Travellers, featuring the First Doctor, and The Pirate Loop, featuring the Tenth Doctor. He's written numerous short stories and 10 audio plays for Big Finish Productions (including the seventh Doctor's meeting with Oliver Cromwell) as well as an episode of the new Blake's 7. He's also the editor of How The Doctor Changed My Life, a collection of 25 short stories all by first-time authors, to be published in September 2008. He lives in London with a bright wife and a dim cat.

Customer Reviews

Another classic Dr Who read
I know these books are really aimed at teenagers but at 27 I always get them the day they come out & this one didnt disappoint. They can often be harder to get into when they are the Dr on his own as you have to warm to the new "assistant" for the book, but this is a great read for fans of all ages.

Happy holidays in the Ancient World
Simon Guerrier's latest original Doctor Who novel sees the Timelord travelling alone once more; however it isn't long before he picks up a new companion in the form of Classics student June.
The story opens in modern-day Athens, where June arrives at the Acropolis where she has a holiday job, just in time to help a beleaguered Doctor prevent an alien attempt to blow the ancient monument up. It isn't made clear why they should want to do this until the end of the book, but it provides an excuse for The Doctor to join forces with June and whisk her off to Ancient Greece, where he promptly goes into a trance-like state. While he temporarily recovers in order to save June from being mauled by a lioness, The Timelord continues to remain cataleptic, while June is taken-in by some locals and makes a shocking discovery once she reaches their home...
Yes, the nefarious Slitheen family have made a welcome return; posing as gods and acting as inter-galactic travel agents, the family are once more out to expolit and hunt; their two favourite pursuits. The travellers quickly get caught-up in events, and are soon fighting for their lives in the gladiatorial arena. However, this murderous scheme is just the tip of the iceberg and the family have an even more devious plan in mind; one that will test The Doctor and June to their very limits...

Guerrier's prose is always engaging and never strays too far into technobabble. His version of The Tenth Doctor marries well with David Tennant's excitable yet damaged television portrayal, and he clearly had fun with the never far from comic Slitheen family. Student 'June' sometimes feels like a bit of a rent-a-companion, but until the TV series casts a more permanent associate for The Doctor, it doesn't matter too much. Overall this is another smashing entry in the BBC Books strand; light, accessible, occasionally informative and always fun.