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|name=Scream of the Shalka | |name = Scream of the Shalka | ||
|novelisation of=Scream of the Shalka (webcast) | |novelisation of = Scream of the Shalka (webcast) | ||
|image=ShalkaBook.jpg | |image = ShalkaBook.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|series2 = [[BBC Books]] novelisations | |series2 = [[BBC Books]] novelisations | ||
|number= 64 | |number = 64 | ||
|doctor= Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka){{!}}Ninth Doctor | |doctor = Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka){{!}}Ninth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Alison Cheney]], [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|the Master]] | |companions = [[Alison Cheney]], [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|the Master]] | ||
|enemy= The [[Shalka]] | |enemy = The [[Shalka]] | ||
|setting= [[England]], [[2003]] | |setting = [[England]], [[2003]] | ||
|writer= [[Paul Cornell | |writer = [[Paul Cornell]] | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |||
|publisher= BBC Books | |release date = [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] | ||
|release date= [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] | |format = Paperback Book; 21 Chapters, 251 Pages | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 21 Chapters, 251 Pages | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-48619-8 | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48619-8 | |prev = Deadly Reunion (novel) | ||
|prev= Deadly Reunion (novel) | |next = Empire of Death (novel) | ||
|next = Empire of Death (novel) | |prev2 = The Novel of the Film | ||
|prev2= The Novel of the Film | |next2 = Shada (novelisation) | ||
|next2= Shada (novelisation) | |audiobook image = Scream of the Shalka CD.jpg | ||
|audiobook publisher = BBC Psychical Audio | |||
|read by = [[David Collings]] | |||
|audiobook release date = [[4 June (releases)|5 June]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
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|audiobook isbn = ISBN | |||
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'''''Scream of the Shalka''''' by [[Paul Cornell]], published by [[BBC Books]], is a 2004 novelisation of the webcast [[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|of the same title]]. It featured the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|alternate Ninth Doctor]] of the webcast of the same name. He was rendered extra-continuous by the subsequent announcement of a new ''Doctor Who'' TV series. This book was the first novelisation of an officially licensed ''Doctor Who'' story since the 1996 novelisation of ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. It is the only novelisation to date based upon a webcast. | '''''Scream of the Shalka''''' by [[Paul Cornell]], published by [[BBC Books]], is a 2004 novelisation of the webcast [[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|of the same title]]. It featured the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|alternate Ninth Doctor]] of the webcast of the same name. He was rendered extra-continuous by the subsequent announcement of a new ''Doctor Who'' TV series. This book was the first novelisation of an officially licensed ''Doctor Who'' story since the 1996 novelisation of ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. It is the only novelisation to date based upon a webcast. | ||
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== Audiobook == | == Audiobook == | ||
This book was released [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Physical Audio]] and read by [[David Collings]]. | This book was released [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Physical Audio]] and read by [[David Collings]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 21 January 2017
Scream of the Shalka by Paul Cornell, published by BBC Books, is a 2004 novelisation of the webcast of the same title. It featured the alternate Ninth Doctor of the webcast of the same name. He was rendered extra-continuous by the subsequent announcement of a new Doctor Who TV series. This book was the first novelisation of an officially licensed Doctor Who story since the 1996 novelisation of Doctor Who. It is the only novelisation to date based upon a webcast.
Publisher's summary
When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancashire town of Lannet, in the present day, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking too many questions.
What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?
The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troop. His old enemy the Master also plays a small part. During the course of this adventure he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters, and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.
While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up to date Doctor Who adventure takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
This is the novelisation of BBCi's acclaimed Doctor Who adventure, first broadcast over the Internet in November 2003.
Chapter titles
- Unwelcome Visitors
- Enter the Doctor
- The Underground Terror
- The Enemy Revealed
- The First Victory
- Military Matters
- No Escape
- Into the Depths
- The Shalka
- In the Hands of the Enemy
- Into the Vortex
- A Captive and a Mystery
- The Doctor's Experiment
- The People in the Forest
- The Army of the Shalka
- The Doctor Takes a Chance
- A World to Save
- The Death Principle
- The Doctor and the Master
- The Final Battle
- Farewells
Deviations from the webcast
- The line to the Doctor, "While you can, be eccentric and superior", is delivered in the webcast as a joke, while in the book it's a scathing put down.
Author, writing and publishing notes
- Published in the same paperback format as the BBC's two ongoing novel ranges -- the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures lines -- it is generally considered to be part of the Past Doctor Adventures (PROSE) line.
- The adaptation of the story itself runs 194 pages. This makes it one of the shortest Doctor Who novels published since the Virgin New Adventures line was launched in 1991. Later novellas published by BBC Books and Telos would be shorter.
- The remainder of the book is taken up by "The Making of Scream of the Shalka", a behind-the-scenes chronicle also written by Cornell.
Publishing History (UK)
Audiobook
This book was released 4 June 2016 complete and unabridged by BBC Physical Audio and read by David Collings.
External links
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