Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek

Gareth Roberts

May 2011 · DOCTOR WHO Book 140 · Random House

About this ebook

Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up, Apollo mission-style, on the Moon. But the TARDIS has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. Until now...

An archaeological dig has turned up a Roman mosaic, circa AD 70, depicting mythical scenes, grapes and a Dalek. A few days later a young woman, rushing for work, is knocked over and killed by a bus, then comes back to life.

It's not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy and a not-quite-alien accomplice who are intent on destroying humanity.

Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television.

Ratings and reviews

A super Who story. I liked it, was as good as Dr gets. I loved the ending, but will not spoil it for other readers. It stood up to the great standard of Timelord experience.

More a novelette than a "book," but well-written and plotted. The Doctor's characterization is especially good.

And charming as Doctor Who stories are, I expected a bit more than a single TV episode storyline.

About the author

Gareth Roberts has written seven Classic Doctor Who novels, together with tv scripts for Emmerdale, Brookside, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Swiss Toni and His and Hers. He now writes for the Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures television series, including the Doctor Who episodes The Shakespeare Code (2007) and The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008).