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|image = The crawling terror.jpg
|image       = The crawling terror.jpg
|name = The Crawling Terror
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number      = 58
|doctor = Twelfth Doctor
|doctor       = Twelfth Doctor
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
|companions   = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
|featuring =  
|featuring   =  
|enemy =[[Wyrrester]]s, [[Jason Clearfield]]  
|enemy       = [[Wyrrester]]s, [[Jason Clearfield]]  
|setting =[[Ringstone]], [[Wiltshire]], [[21 March]] [[2014]] & [[1944]]  
|setting     = [[Ringstone]], [[Wiltshire]], [[21 March]] [[2014]] & [[1944]]  
|writer = [[Mike Tucker]]
|writer       = Mike Tucker
|publisher = BBC Books
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
|read by = [[Neve McIntosh]]
|publisher   = BBC Books
|release date = [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|read by     = [[Neve McIntosh]]
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-773-6
|release date = 11 September 2014
|format = {{il|Hardback (UK)|Paperback (US)}}
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84990-773-6
|prev = Silhouette (novel)  
|format       = {{il|Hardback (UK)|Paperback (US)}}
|next = Royal Blood (novel)}}
|prev         = Silhouette (novel)  
'''''The Crawling Terror''''' is one of three [[Twelfth Doctor]] novels published in September [[2014 (releases)|2014]].
|next         = Royal Blood (novel)
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'''''The Crawling Terror''''' was the fifty-eighth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mike Tucker]] and featured the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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[[Gabby Nichols]] is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. "Mummy there's a daddy longlegs in my room!" Then the screaming starts... [[Alan Travers]] is heading home from the pub when something rushes his face — a [[spider]]'s web. Then something huge and deadly lumbers from the shadows... [[Kevin Alperton]] is on his way to school when he is attacked by a [[mosquito]]. A big one. Then things get dangerous.
[[Gabby Nichols]] is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. "Mummy there's a daddy longlegs in my room!" Then the screaming starts... [[Alan Travers]] is heading home from the pub when something rushes his face — a [[spider]]'s web. Then something huge and deadly lumbers from the shadows... [[Kevin Alperton]] is on his way to school when he is attacked by a [[mosquito]]. A big one. Then things get dangerous.


But it isn't the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]]. It isn't the swarming, mutated [[insect]]s that make him nervous. It isn't an old man's garbled memories of past dangers that intrigue him.
But it isn't the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]]. It isn't the swarming, mutated [[insect]]s that make him nervous. It isn't an old man's garbled memories of past dangers that intrigue him.


With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that no one is safe. Not unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient [[stone circle]], and unravel a mystery dating back to the [[Second World War]].
With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that no one is safe. Not unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient [[stone circle]], and unravel a mystery dating back to the [[Second World War]].
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
 
 
== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
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* [[Jason Clearfield]]
* [[Jason Clearfield]]
* [[Annable]]
* [[Annable]]
* [[Wyrrester]]s
* [[Gebbron]]
* [[Gabby Nichols]]
* [[Kevin Alperton]]
* Corporal [[Dobby Palmer]]
* Captain Wilson
* Hawkins
* Private Arnopp
* [[Alan Travers]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Kevin's duvet has a picture of [[Godzilla]] on it.
* Kevin's duvet has a picture of [[Godzilla]] on it.
 
* Dobby Palmer is compared to [[Dobby]] the house elf; a character from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' films.
== Notes ==
* [[Lyneham]] is mentioned.
* The story introduces a new villain, the Wyrresters, a species of giant scorpion-like aliens.
* The [[Sudetan Mountains]] are in [[Poland]]. [[Wenceslas mine]] is located there.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
[[File:Crawling-terror.jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover]]
* When he initially arrives at the King's Guard, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to check "whether there's a trapped spaceship hovering in the hyperstatial dimension above the circle", telling Clara that happens more often than she'd think. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')
* [[Judson]] is mentioned as one of the scientists assigned to translate the [[Wyrrester]] signal before he was assigned to [[ULTIMA]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* [[Judson]] is mentioned as one of the scientists assigned to translate the [[Wyrrester]] signal before he was assigned to [[ULTIMA]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* Clara learned lockpicking from [[Jenny Flint]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
* Clara learned lockpicking from [[Jenny Flint]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
* Clara refers to [[Danny Pink]] as her new boyfriend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
* Clara refers to [[Danny Pink]] as her new boyfriend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
* The Doctor asks for [[Charlie Bevan]] to help him take a [[motorbike]] back to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] as he is uncertain how his new body will perform despite his use of a motorbike in his [[Eleventh Doctor|previous incarnation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'').
* The Doctor asks for [[Charlie Bevan]] to help him take a [[motorbike]] back to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] as he is uncertain how his new body will perform despite his use of a motorbike in his [[Eleventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'')
* The entire populace of a town being subjected to the hypnotic effects of a strange substance has happened before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'')
* The entire populace of a town being subjected to the hypnotic effects of a strange substance has happened before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'')
* This is not the first time someone has recognized the Doctor from their past. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[PROSE]]:'' [[Night of the Humans]]'')
* [[Winston Churchill]] set a bounty on the recovery of the TARDIS during the [[Second World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* [[Winston Churchill]] set a bounty on the recovery of the TARDIS which has apparently continued to the present day. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
 
== Additional cover images ==
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The Crawling Terror Textless.jpg|Textless cover art
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== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in the USA by Broadway Books in 2014 as a paperback edition. It used the same cover as the UK edition.
* Published in Italy by Asengard Edizioni in 2015 as a paperback edition.
* Published in Russia by AST in 2015 as a hardback edition.
* Published in Turkey by Ithaki Yayinlari in 2015 as a paperback edition.
* Published in Germany by Cross Cult in 2016 as a paperback edition.
* Published in the Czech Republic by Jota in 2016 as a hardback edition.
 
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ItalianCrawlingTerror.jpg|Italian edition
RussainCrawlingTerror.jpg|Russian edition
TurkishCrawlingTerror.jpg|Turkish edition
GermanCrawlingTerror.jpg|German edition
CzechCrawlingTerror.jpg|Czech edition
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== Audio release ==
== Audiobook ==
* An audio reading by Neve McIntosh was released by BBC Physical Audio on [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]].
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Neve McIntosh]].
 
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Crawling-terror.jpg|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* {{whoniverse|ns57|The Crawling Terror}}
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 13 June 2024

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The Crawling Terror was the fifty-eighth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Mike Tucker and featured the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"Well, I doubt you'll ever see a bigger insect."

Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. "Mummy there's a daddy longlegs in my room!" Then the screaming starts... Alan Travers is heading home from the pub when something rushes his face — a spider's web. Then something huge and deadly lumbers from the shadows... Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous.

But it isn't the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn't the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous. It isn't an old man's garbled memories of past dangers that intrigue him.

With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that no one is safe. Not unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Textless cover art

    Textless cover art

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in the USA by Broadway Books in 2014 as a paperback edition. It used the same cover as the UK edition.
  • Published in Italy by Asengard Edizioni in 2015 as a paperback edition.
  • Published in Russia by AST in 2015 as a hardback edition.
  • Published in Turkey by Ithaki Yayinlari in 2015 as a paperback edition.
  • Published in Germany by Cross Cult in 2016 as a paperback edition.
  • Published in the Czech Republic by Jota in 2016 as a hardback edition.
  • Italian edition

    Italian edition

  • Russian edition

    Russian edition

  • Turkish edition

    Turkish edition

  • German edition

    German edition

  • Czech edition

    Czech edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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