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Archive for September 2011, here at Doctor Who Online. This is the place where you can find
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Silent Stars Go By - (Hardback)
BBC Books
By Dan Abnett
11th Doctor
RRP: £12.99
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Released:
29th September 2011
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...
A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory, as played by
Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the spectacular hit series from
BBC Television.
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in 1 Books - Book #3: Alien Adventures
BBC Children's Books
11th Doctor
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Released:
1st Sptember 2011
Extra Time
The Doctor, Rory and Amy take a trip to the 1966 World Cup.
Rory ends up playing a crucial part in this historic football match, while the
Doctor and Amy discover that the Doctor isn't the only alien visiting Wembley...
Rain of Terror
On the planet Tanbrek, terrible tiny creatures swarm down from the sky.
Can the Doctor, Amy and Rory help the colonists escape from the alien
infestation?
Action-packed original fiction for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the
Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
Double-fronted books each contain two fast-paced, fun-filled adventures!
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in 1 Books - Book #4: Sightseeing in Space
BBC Children's Books
11th Doctor
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Released:
1st September 2011
Terminal of Despair
The TARDIS crew find themselves trapped in a quarantined spaceport where the
waiting passengers have lost all hope of ever getting home. Can the Doctor save
them?
The Underwater War
The Doctor, Amy and Rory join an undersea exploration ship on the planet Hos.
When a virus infects the crew, they discover the ship is hiding a dangerous
secret...
Action-packed original fiction for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the
Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
Double-fronted books each contain two fast-paced, fun-filled adventures!
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 Day
of the Daleks
BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
3rd Doctor
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Released:
12th
September 2011
World peace hangs in the balance and Sir Reginald Styles,
a high-ranking diplomat, is the only person that stands between mankind and a
third and final World War. But a mysterious and savage guerrilla force from the
22nd Century believe Styles is the agent that shaped their terrifying future and
therefore must die...
The Doctor and Jo find themselves flung into the guerrillas’ world; a brutal
dictatorship policed by the merciless and ape-like Ogrons. The Daleks have
invaded Earth, enslaved the population and face certain triumph unless the
Doctor betrays all he believes in and condones the cold-blooded murder of Styles
in an attempt to change the course of history... forever.
Special Features:
Disc One
• 4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio (Original Version).
• Commentary - stereo. With actors Anna Barry and Jim Winston, producer
Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks and vision mixer Mike Catherwood.
• Blasting the Past (dur. 30’ 30”) – cast and crew look back on the
making of this story. With actors Katy Manning, Jimmy Winston and, Anna Barry,
producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, monster maker John
Friedlander, Dalek operator Ricky Newby, Dalek voice artiste Nicholas Briggs,
classic series writer Ben Aaronovitch, new series writer Paul Cornell and Doctor
Who Magazine writer Dave Owen.
• A View from the Gallery – producer Barry Letts and vision mixer Mike
Catherwood talk about the art of vision mixing on a multi-camera studio show
like Doctor Who.
• Nationwide – a report from a primary school on the day they took
delivery of a Dalek, first prize in a Radio Times competition.
• Blue Peter – presenter Peter Purves remembers his time as a companion
to William Hartnell’s Doctor and is joined in the studio by a trio of Daleks.
• Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story.
Disc Two
• 4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio (Special Edition).
• The Making of Day of the Daleks – Special Edition – producer Steve
Broster guides us through the creation of his Special Edition of this story.
With voice artiste Nicholas Briggs, audio engineer Mark Ayres, cameraman John
Kelly, Dalek builder Toby Chamberlain, UNIT soldier Kevan Looseley and Ogron
Nick Nicholson.
• Now and Then – the latest instalment of our long-running series
revisits the locations used in Day of the Daleks to see how much or little they
have changed over the years. Narrated by Toby Hadoke.
• The UNIT Family – Part Two – the second instalment of our series
looking at the Doctor’s years on Earth as scientific advisor to the United
Nations Intelligence Taskforce and the strong family bonds created during that
time. With Katy Manning, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, actors Nicholas Courtney,
John Levene, Richard Franklin and Fernanda Marlowe, stuntman Derek Ware.
• The UNIT Dating Conundrum – over the years, many fans have tried to
rationalise the chronological setting of the UNIT stories from clues within the
narrative, despite the obstacles seemingly put in their way by the production
team. Narrator Toby Hadoke explains why dating the stories is so difficult,
assisted by Terrance Dicks, Dave Owen, Nicholas Briggs and Ben Aaronovitch.
• The Cheating Memory – Special Edition producer Steve Broster tries to
discover why the reality of Day of the Daleks doesn’t quite live up to the
memory he has of first seeing it, aged six. With psychologist Dr. Sarita
Robinson, Nicholas Briggs and Ben Aaronovitch.
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 Blackout
BBC Audio / AudioGO
11th Doctor
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Released:
8th September 2011
It's November 9th,
1965. New York City is plunged into darkness, a taxi driver has bad dreams, and
an invisible spacecraft hovers ominously above the skyline.
As an extra-terrestrial disease sweeps the populace, Amy and Rory must sabotage
the city's water supply to slow the spread of infection, and a dying Doctor
holds another man's life in his hands.
With the death toll rising, and his companions stalked through the streets by
alien businessmen, the Doctor is forced to make a terrible decision. How far
must he go to save his friends?
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Serpent
Crest #1: Tsar Wars
BBC Audio / AudioGO
4th Doctor
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Released:
8th September 2011
Tom Baker stars as
the Fourth Doctor in the first of five thrilling brand new adventures, with
Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey.
In a distant galaxy, the Tsar and Tsarina rule over the Robotov Empire from the
safety of their palace, whilst human workers tend the power plants on satellite
moons.
When the Doctor arrives with Mrs Wibbsey, his identity is immediately mistaken,
and the Tsarina believes that her old ally, Father Gregory, has returned. But
when the Palace comes under attack, the Tsar suspects him of treachery.
Meanwhile, Mrs Wibbsey discovers that dark secrets are lurking in the shadows of
one satellite moon. Far more than mere human rebellion is being planned, and
Father Gregory is not operating alone. His actions will set off a chain of
events with long-lasting consequences for the Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey.
With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, Michael Jayston as
the Tsar, Suzy Aitchison as the Tsarina, Simon Shepherd as Boolin, Sam Hoare as
Lucius, and Paul Chequer, Grant Gillespie and Gabriel Vick as the Servo Robots
and the rebels, "Tsar Wars" is the first of five linked stories written by Paul
Magrs.
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- The Doomsday Quatrain
Big Finish Productions
The 7th Doctor
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Released:
30th September 2011
"When the river is gone, ships shall sail in the sky, monsters bring fire
from the heavens. All will fall into a grey and endless sea, and Doomsday has
come."
Florence, the sixteenth century. No one thought to pay much attention to the
prophecies of the so-called seer Michel de Nostradame, otherwise known as
Nostradamus. Until the canals of Venice dried. Until the soothsayer's sayings
started coming true…
Because Master Nostradamus is right, in all respects. The end of the world is
nigh. The ships are coming. The monsters are coming. The fire is coming. There's
only one thing he didn’t see coming, in fact: the sudden apparition of a certain
strange Doctor, in his even stranger TARDIS. Today, the Earth dies screaming.
And all the Doctor can do is watch.
This story takes places after Survival.
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- House of Blue Fire
Big Finish Productions
The 7th Doctor
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Released:
30th September 2011
aquaphobia n. An abnormal fear of water, or drowning.
blattodephobia n. The morbid fear of cockroaches.
catoptrophobia n. Fear of mirrors, or seeing one’s own reflection.
There’s a whole ABC of horrors at Bluefire House – as four young people, drawn
together to this tumbledown hotel at the edge of nowhere, are about to discover.
But whatever the ancient and foul thing that has emerged from the wilderness to
drag them here, speaking of it will only strengthen it.
The Doctor alone knows what lurks at the heart of Bluefire House. But the
monster of his childhood dreams is coming. The Mi’en Kalarash is coming...
This story takes places after Survival.
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- The Companion Chronicles - The Memory Cheats
Big Finish Productions
Zoe Heriot
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Released:
30th September 2011
Zoe Heriot remembers everything. But she remembers nothing.
A genius with instant recall, Zoe’s mind has been purged of her memories of
travelling with the Doctor and Jamie in the TARDIS. And years later she is in
deep trouble – prosecuted by the mysterious company that has evidence that she
has travelled in Space and Time.
Except Zoe knows they’re wrong.
Aren’t they?
But if that’s the case, why is there proof that Zoe was in Uzbekistan in 1919.
Can the memory cheat?
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