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Doctor Who: The Star Beast

Doctor Who: The Star Beast

14th Doctor Novelisation

Summary

Jacqueline King reads this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, based on a script by Russell T Davies and featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, as played on TV by David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

A life-changing encounter. A fugitive from the stars. Wrathful warriors in pursuit.

Landing on Earth, the Doctor finds a stranded alien in need of protection – and is dragged headlong into the life of his old friend Donna Noble, knowing that if she ever remembers their time together, she will die…

Jacqueline King, whose plays Sylvia Noble in the BBC TV series, reads Gary Russell’s novelisation of the 2023 television adventure by Russell T Davies.

? 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Reading produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio.
Sound design by David Darlington.
Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.

About the author

Gary Russell

One-time Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures script editor Gary Russell has written books on subjects such as Doctor Who, Frasier, The Simpsons and The Lord of the Rings movies. He is currently overseeing animated reimaginings of old 1960s missing Doctor Who stories for BBC Studios.
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