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Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside
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bookshelves: media-tie-in, whoverse-books, 2011-reads, sci-fi, 2022-reads, audiobooks
Jan 29, 2011
bookshelves: media-tie-in, whoverse-books, 2011-reads, sci-fi, 2022-reads, audiobooks
Read 2 times. Last read February 13, 2022 to February 15, 2022.
Original rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Re-read rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Original read: 2011
Re-read read: 2022
I loved this one back in 2011, and 11 years later I still love it. I remembered the plot and when characters were introduced or a certain part happened I got excited over it. I enjoyed the ride with this book. Of the first three 9th Doctor books this is hands down my favorite.
Audiobook note: Overall, I think Camille did a good job as a narrator. She doesn't really have a good voice for the 9th Doctor, but she totally nailed Rose. The voices she uses for the Slitheen and Blathereen were so annoying. It took me out of the moment every time.
Original review:
Stephen Cole decides to take Rose for her first trip to an 'alien' planet (Remember series 1 of Doctor Who? Did Rose ever go off Earth... Nope). This trip winds Rose and the Doctor up in prison. They are not held in prison together! Rose is put in juvi and the Doctor is held in a science unit where he uses his mind for his time. Both try to find each other from their respective cells while battling the prison from the inside.
The Monster of the Week in this novel is a monster that is introduced in series 1, the Siltheen (even though this bugs me that we can only call them Siltheen, see Worst Part). The Siltheen family reveals that this book takes place after the events of 'Aliens of London'/'World World Three'. This book also introduces a fellow family named Blatheen, who have since made an appearance in an episode of 'Sarah Jane Adventures'.
The characterization of Rose and the Doctor is great. I can definitely visualize both the Doctor and Rose acting the way they did in the novel as if it was an episode from the show.
It is a fun book. I kind of rolled my eyes at the ending, however.
(I usually don't post the Worst Part/Best Part but this review mentions it so here's the worst part below)
Worst part: It still bothers me that we have not found out what race the Siltheen and Blathereen are. As this book makes clear, Silteen and Balthereen are just their surnames. Yet... everyone refers to 'the Siltheen' as a race. Yes, I know it's a bit nitpicky.
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Re-read rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Original read: 2011
Re-read read: 2022
I loved this one back in 2011, and 11 years later I still love it. I remembered the plot and when characters were introduced or a certain part happened I got excited over it. I enjoyed the ride with this book. Of the first three 9th Doctor books this is hands down my favorite.
Audiobook note: Overall, I think Camille did a good job as a narrator. She doesn't really have a good voice for the 9th Doctor, but she totally nailed Rose. The voices she uses for the Slitheen and Blathereen were so annoying. It took me out of the moment every time.
Original review:
Stephen Cole decides to take Rose for her first trip to an 'alien' planet (Remember series 1 of Doctor Who? Did Rose ever go off Earth... Nope). This trip winds Rose and the Doctor up in prison. They are not held in prison together! Rose is put in juvi and the Doctor is held in a science unit where he uses his mind for his time. Both try to find each other from their respective cells while battling the prison from the inside.
The Monster of the Week in this novel is a monster that is introduced in series 1, the Siltheen (even though this bugs me that we can only call them Siltheen, see Worst Part). The Siltheen family reveals that this book takes place after the events of 'Aliens of London'/'World World Three'. This book also introduces a fellow family named Blatheen, who have since made an appearance in an episode of 'Sarah Jane Adventures'.
The characterization of Rose and the Doctor is great. I can definitely visualize both the Doctor and Rose acting the way they did in the novel as if it was an episode from the show.
It is a fun book. I kind of rolled my eyes at the ending, however.
(I usually don't post the Worst Part/Best Part but this review mentions it so here's the worst part below)
Worst part: It still bothers me that we have not found out what race the Siltheen and Blathereen are. As this book makes clear, Silteen and Balthereen are just their surnames. Yet... everyone refers to 'the Siltheen' as a race. Yes, I know it's a bit nitpicky.
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Reading Progress
January 28, 2011
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Started Reading
January 29, 2011
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February, 2011
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Finished Reading
February 10, 2011
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85.77%
"start of chapter 20. almost done. there's 23 chapters and 253 pages."
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February 14, 2019
– Shelved as:
media-tie-in
October 11, 2019
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whoverse-books
February 6, 2022
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sci-fi
February 6, 2022
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2011-reads
February 13, 2022
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Started Reading
February 15, 2022
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audiobooks
February 15, 2022
– Shelved as:
2022-reads
February 15, 2022
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Finished Reading
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Feb 16, 2022 02:29PM
Wouldn't they be Raxacoricofallipitorians?
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I think in the book they never say that. They just used the family names.
Maybe they didn't want to run out of ink...
