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Doctor Who: The Secret in Vault 13

Doctor Who: The Secret in Vault 13

Summary

Written by best-selling children's author David Solomons!

A sinister school where graduation means death . . .
A monstrous mystery lurking below a quiet London street . . .
A desperate plea for help delivered by . . . hang on. A potted plant?

The Doctor has been summoned. The galaxy is in terrible danger, and only a Time Lord can save it. But to do so, she must break in to an ancient vault on a remote and frozen world - from which nobody has ever returned alive . . .

Can the Doctor and her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham uncover the shocking secret in Vault 13?

A thrilling, hilarious and scary adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor, as portrayed by Jodie Whittaker.

Perfect for younger readers, this will be a must-have for fans, and an ideal introduction to Doctor Who and the brilliant new series airing in autumn 2018.

Reviews

  • David Solomons's zany, inimitable wit makes for a series of capers that are thrilling and satisfying.
    The Guardian

About the author

David Solomons

David Solomons is the best-selling author of the My Brother is a Superhero books, the first of which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 and the British Book Industry Awards Children's Book of the Year 2016. David also won the 2018 Laugh Out Loud Awards (Lollies) with the second book in this series, My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord. He is a lifelong Doctor Who fan.

In addition to his acclaimed children's fiction, David Solomons has been writing screenplays for many years - his first feature film was an adaptation of Five Children and It, starring Kenneth Branagh and Eddie Izzard. He was born in Glasgow and now lives in Dorset with his wife, the novelist Natasha Solomons, their son Luke and their daughter, Lara.
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