The Monsters Inside (novel)
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
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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
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.
Danish edition
Hungarian edition
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.
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
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