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Doctor Who: Apollo 23 [Hardcover]

Justin Richards (Author)
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Publication Date: 22 April 2010 | ISBN-10: 184607200X | ISBN-13: 978-1846072000 | Edition: hardcover

'For a few moments this afternoon, it rained on the moon...'

An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Maybe it's a publicity stunt. A photo shows a well-dressed woman in a red coat lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon - beside her beloved dog 'Poochie'. Maybe it's a hoax. But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon - that's where Amy and the TARDIS are.

The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there's no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens. Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: Apollo 23.

A thrilling, all new adventure featuring the Doctor and Amy, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; hardcover edition (22 April 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 184607200X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846072000
  • Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.6 x 20.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 249,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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With the TARDIS and Amy trapped in a secret moon base, the Doctor battles to save the Earth from domination

About the Author

Justin Richards is a well known author of chldren's fiction, including the novels The Parliament of Blood, The Chaos Code and The Skeleton Clock. He also collaborates with Jack Higgins on thrillers for young adult readers. Author of a good number of Doctor Who books, Justin acts as Creative Consultant to BBC Books.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A strong start for the Eleventh Doctor 13 May 2010
By Mr. Stuart Bruce TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
This is a good promising start to the Eleventh Doctor in print. It's a run-around romp with spaceships, moonbases, brainwashing, and plenty of running down corridors. The other reviewer so far compared it to a Patrick Troughton story, to me it really reminded me of a Jon Pertwee-style caper, partly thanks to some dodgy science and especially towards the end when the monsters are revealed. It's not especially clever or ground-breaking but it's good fun.

The Doctor and Amy both work very well and are utterly in keeping with what we've seen in the TV series so far. As is often the case it's Amy who's the real focus of the story for much of the time, but she comes across as very likeable so no problems there. The Doctor absolutely shines and gets plenty of witty lines. He begins to feel a bit like a 'greatest hits' of the best attributes of previous Doctors all rolled into one.

There are some interesting little allusions to the 2010 'story arc' about humans forgetting the Doctor's previous Earth adventures. As I write this (13th May) we're still mid-series so we don't know how that will all turn out but this story fits in very nicely to that, without it really getting in the way.

The little cliffhangers on most chapters make it ideal for kids who might be reading it in smaller chunks.

It's not an amazing or gripping novel but a fun read and a good Who book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 'We will be fine, Apollo...' 26 April 2011
By Scaroth, Last of the Jagaroth
Format:Hardcover
Rather a pedestrian start to the Eleventh Doctor original novel range; I agree that this is very reminiscent of a late Sixties Patrick Troughton story such as "Doctor Who" and the Cybermen (Classic Novels) - I initially expected to see the metal meanies themselves appear from behind the scenes. Unfortunately, unlike the aforementioned Gerry Davis story, Apollo 23 simply lacks a spark; Amy and The Doctor are drawn pretty much as they are in the current TV series but I felt that a writer of Richards' pedigree could have done more with this intriguing idea.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Dark Side of the Moon 18 Jun 2010
By Foggy Tewsday VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Of the first three `Doctor Who' novels to feature the eleventh Doctor, `Apollo 23' is, for me, the most disappointing. This is somewhat surprising given the body of work that its author, Justin Richards, has behind him.

Things start off promisingly enough with an astronaut suddenly materialising in a shopping mall. We soon discover that moments before he appeared, he was on the moon. A woman and her dog are going about their business when they are suddenly transported to the moon. A man walking in a park asphyxiates, his body littered with moon dust.

With something of a nod to second Doctor story, The Seeds of Death, a teleportation system operating from a moon base has been set up. Clearly, the system is malfunctioning, but I have to report that, regrettably, it's not the Ice Warriors who are responsible. No, the alien invaders here are not that interesting.

This novel is well written and the Doctor and Amy's characters are in keeping with their television personas. But the story is quite dull and, at times, predictable. I'm always loath to describe scientific elements in a story as dodgy - I'm no scientist, so what do I know? However, I do think that some of the story's resolutions connected with its mind control aspect were a little too convenient.

If you haven't read any `Doctor Who' novels before, I would not advise you to start with this one. The other two eleventh Doctor novels currently available at the time of writing this review, The Forgotten Army and uk/Doctor-Who-Humans-David-Llewellyn/dp/1846079691">Night of the Humans, carry more humour and excitement. Also highly enjoyable are tenth doctor stories The Stone Rose and Beautiful Chaos. `Apollo 23' is, I think, one for the completists. Read more ›
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Eagle has Landed 27 April 2010
By Mr. W. D. Burchell
Format:Hardcover
Matt Smith's incarnation of the Doctor has invited comparisons with Patrick Troughton's version and this book reminded me very much of an early Troughton story which I had listened to the soundtrack of the week before.

The Bad:
Overall, this is a great story with some very interesting moments and genuine 'cliffhangers', though the resolutions of those moments tend to be somewhat downplayed, almost as though the cliffhangers were forced into the plot.

Amy doesn't seem particularly well characterised until the latter part of the book. Before that it could easily have been any companion involved in the story.

The Birmingham setting of the book is a red herring and does not particularly fit logically with what is going on. It would have been better had this been changed to a mall in Texas (It feels as though Birmingham was shoehorned in to make the story more British).

The Good:
Matt Smith's Doctor comes out clearly in the story, despite having appeared in only a few stories.

The characterisation of the secondary characters, particularly those on the Moonbase are very good.

A nice reference to a Pertwee story is given without getting in the way of the plot.

The 'Apollo 23' of the title - wonderful detail and fun to imagine.

The aliens of the story are very different with a very good reason for doing what they do. It is perhaps unfortunate that they only really make an appearance at the very end of the story.

A nice read that fills in the wait between episodes on the television.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who Apollo 23
'For a few moments this afternoon, it rained on the moon...'

An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Read more
Published 2 months ago by kk
3.0 out of 5 stars From the Earth to the Moon
A Doctor Who novel which tells an all new story for the Eleventh Doctor and Amy. As with all this range it runs for just under two hundred and fifty pages. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul Tapner
3.0 out of 5 stars well written
a well written story but nowhere near the usual standard of the dw books. it could have been shortened a lot. to padded out for my liking...
Published 4 months ago by ratty
4.0 out of 5 stars Apollo 23
this book is a brilliant read shame BBC don't turn these stories into an episode like the past Doctors from first doctor to seventh doctor
Published 17 months ago by lee427
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing defiantly one to read!
This was the first book I read of the 11th Doctor's adventures and I was amazed! Justin richards had pulled it of again, he is one of my favorite Doctor who book authors and he... Read more
Published 17 months ago by MR J N DIGNAM
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
One of the first three doctor who (of the new series) books to come out in 2010 and
I wasn't disappointed at all. Read more
Published on 16 July 2010 by dylan
3.0 out of 5 stars Vaguely interesting idea, very poor execution
It seems to me that Justin Richards has become bored and uninterested in the Doctor Who format over a long period of time. Read more
Published on 6 July 2010 by Mr. D. Harris
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice concept wasted
This is the first Doctor Who book I've read and that may actually make my review more favourable than if I was a long-term reader of the various DW spin-off books. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2010 by Luke W. Carroll
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