Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)
Wild Blue Yonder is the second of three Target novelisations based upon the 2023 specials of Doctor Who,[1] published as ebooks on 7 December 2023[2] and as paperbacks on 11 January 2024 by Target Books and written by Mark Morris.[1][3]
Publisher's summary
A ship at the edge of space. A robot with a secret. A sinister presence.
The Doctor and Donna are trapped on board a mysterious spacecraft. Fate of the crew: unknown. Fate of the universe if what's on board gets out: terminal.
Based on a script by Russel T Davies, the spectacular second adventure for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
Chapter titles
- Prologue: Apple
- Fenslaw
- Coliss
- Brate
- Gilvane
- Stond
- Ratico
- Vandeen
- Blinss
- Sensill
- One
- Tacsladia
Deviations from televised story
- The Doctor mentions dropping a cup of tea into the Tardis controls
- Donna uses part of the buggy frame to attack the Doctor-Copy's hand while they are being chased
- additional scene of Donna being startled by her relfection in a door, thinking it's the Donna-Copy
Characters
to be added
Worldbuilding
to be added
Notes
- The trilogy of novelisations was announced on 14 July 2023.[1]
- A BBC Books spokesperson told Doctor Who Magazine about the excitement of being able to publish ebooks so close to a television event such as the 2023 specials.[2]
- The cover implicitly reveals one of the twists of the story, that there are duplicates of the Doctor and Donna.
- The chapter titles also allude to the mystery of the unknown language. Each chapter is revealed to have been counting down from ten to zero, with the penultimate title translated into "one" because the Doctor and Donna finally figure out the captain's plan to self-destruct the ship to defeat the not-things.
Continuity
to be added
Gallery
The pre-artwork cover
The finalised cover
A promo picture of the unfinished The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, and The Giggle
A promo picture of the final The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, and The Giggle
Wild Blue Yonder audiobook
External links
- Official Wild Blue Yonder page at Penguin Books
