The Monsters Inside (novel)

The Monsters Inside
Doctor:	Ninth Doctor
Companion(s):	Rose
Main enemy:	Blathereen
Main setting:	Justicia, 2501
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Writer:	Stephen Cole
Read by:	David Thorpe (RNIB) Camille Coduri (AudioGo)
Cover by:	Henry Steadman
Release details
Release number:	2
Release date:	19 May 2005 (hardcover) 30 November 2010 (Kindle)
Format:	Hardcover, 253 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-48629-5
BBC New Series Adventures
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The Monsters Inside was the second novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Stephen Cole and featured the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS takes the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler to a destination in deep space – Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals.

While Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal, the Doctor is trapped in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking life and limb to escape in their distinctive styles.

But their dangerous plans are complicated by some old enemies. Are these creatures fellow prisoners as they claim, or staging a takeover for their own sinister purposes?

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Ninth Doctor
• Rose Tyler
• Dram Fel Fotch Heppen-Bar Slitheen
• Ecktosca Fel Fotch Heppen-Bar Slitheen
• Arco Blathereen
• Dennel
• Lazlee Flowers
• Callis Fel-Fotch Heppen-Bar Slitheen
• Nesshalop
• Ermenshrew Blathereen
• The Governor
• Norris
• Ermenshrew Blathereen's daughter
• Blista
• Yahoomer
• Clem Sel Hetch Blathereen
• Rizwana Mani
• Kazta
• Maggi Jalovitch
• John Robsen
• Jamini
• Nix

References

• The Doctor mentions Ambre Solaire.
• Rose mentions Jerry Springer.
• Photographs in the Slitheen's cell show them dressed in the skin-suits of Meeps, Kraals and Martians.

Story notes

• Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover.
• This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity

• Justicia is mentioned in TV: Boom Town, making it the first original Doctor Who novel to be so referenced in the televised series.
• Relations of the Blathereen (the Slitheen-Blathereen) appear in TV: The Gift.
• A Blathereen is shown on the BBC SJA website in GAME: Monster Hunt.

Additional cover images

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  Alternate cover without Rose

Editions published outside Britain

• Published in Denmark by DR in 2006 as a hardback edition.
• Published in Hungary by Gabo in 2006 as a hardback edition.
• Published in the Netherlands by Memphis Belle in 2006 as a hardback edition.

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  Danish edition

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  Hungarian edition

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  Dutch edition

Audiobook

• This novel was released as an audiobook in November 2007 by the RNIB and read by David Thorpe.
• This novel was released again as an audiobook in July 2012 by BBC Audio and read by Camille Coduri. The audiobook was exclusive to the AudioGo website before the company went into administration.

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  Audiobook cover

External links

• The Monsters Inside at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: The Monsters Inside at The Whoniverse
• The Cloister Library: The Monsters Inside