The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)

The Christmas Invasion was a novelisation based on the 2005 television episode The Christmas Invasion.

	The Christmas Invasion
	Tenth Doctor
	Rose
	Mickey, Jackie, Harriet
	Sycorax
	London, 2006
	Target Books
	Jenny T Colgan
	Camille Coduri
	Anthony Dry
	5 April 2018
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Publisher's summary

Meet the new Doctor Who classics.

Earth is under attack by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action.

When a British space probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the beginning of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax – horrifying marauders from beyond the stars. Within hours, a third of humanity stands on the brink of death with not a single shot fired.

Our planet needs a champion – but the Doctor is not fit for service. He's just regenerated, delirious in a new body and a dressing gown. Forced into his battered shoes is his friend, Rose Tyler, a girl from a London council estate. Will she save the world from this nightmare before Christmas – or see it destroyed?

Chapter titles

1. Prologue
2. Joy to the World
3. What Child is This?
4. Do You Hear What I Hear?
5. Lonely This Christmas
6. Here Comes Santa Claus
7. O, Christmas Tree
8. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
9. I Saw Three Ships
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
11. In the Bleak Midwinter
12. Walking in the Air
13. Angels We Have Heard on High
14. Silent Night
15. Stop the Cavalry
16. A Spaceman Came Travelling
17. I Wonder as I Wander
18. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
19. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
20. Follow the Star
21. All I Want for Christmas is You
22. Epilogue

Deviations from televised story

• The scene set straight after the Ninth Doctor's regeneration is extended to include dialogue from the 2005 Children in Need Special and new dialogue is included as well.
• Guinevere One's origins are explained.
• The Doctor had upgraded Mickey's laptop during the Slitheen Crisis with his sonic screwdriver, which allowed Mickey to gain access to the Military's website.
• The idea of the Tenth Doctor getting his accent from Rose is brought up.
• The Doctor realises that his eyesight is fuzzy up close and dons glasses.
• The Doctor mentions not liking the move to Tower Hill as a UNIT base.
• The novelisation adds a romantic attraction between Daniel Llewellyn and Sally Jacobs.
• The Doctor's monologue trying to find a new catchphrase, which was cut from the transmitted episode, is included.
• Major Blake's first name is given as Thomas.
• There is an epilogue detailing Jackie, Mickey and Sally's reaction to events and to the Doctor and Rose leaving again.

Writing and publishing notes

Audiobook cover.

• This story was released as an audiobook read by Camille Coduri.
• Except for the prologue and epilogue, all of the chapter titles are taken from Christmas songs.
• In 2016, Obverse Books previously released an unofficial novelisation of The Christmas Invasion called Doctor Who and the Invasion of Christmas. was written collaboratively by Paul Magrs, Andrew Hickey, Stuart Douglas, Nick Campbell, James Gent, Ira Lightman, Ian Potter, Phil Craggs, and Matthew Bright, and all proceeds went to the Cystic Foundation Trust.

External links

• Official The Christmas Invasion page at Penguin Books