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Tiermann's World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife and their son that a terrible danger is on its way.
The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated Dreamhome, under an impenetrable force shield. But that won't protect them from the Voracious Craw. A gigantic and extremely hungry alien creature is heading remorselessly towards their home. When it gets there everything will be devoured.
Can they get away in time? With the force shield cracking up, and the Dreamhome itself deciding who should or should not leave, things are looking desperate...
Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC television.
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Paul Magrs has published nineteen books, most of them novels. His books for teenagers include 'Exchange' and 'Twin Freaks.' He has written four previous Doctor Who novels.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Even though the idea of the voracious craw, an unstoppable eating machine, is a good one and could have made for an interesting story, most of the book feels underdeveloped and repetetive. The members of the "family in distress" come across as cardbord characters and even though one crisis follows another the plot is boring and predictable. I've read most of the New Who - novels but this is the first one I found so disappointing I only skimmed through at the end.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The basic premise of this story is fascinating, and there are some wonderfully graphic descriptions, but while Barbara, Toaster and Domovoi are genuinely well-written, the other main "guest cast" are more or less cardboard cut-outs, including the boy I think I was supposed to empathise with. What was supposed to be a revelation about the woman, too, was obvious to me from her first appearance.
The Doctor and Martha are OK, but overall, I found Sick Building one of the more forgettable additions to the Doctor Who range
The Doctor and Martha are OK, but overall, I found Sick Building one of the more forgettable additions to the Doctor Who range
Format:Hardcover
Ten's voice and manic, gurning energy is absolutely spot on in this book. I thought I'd get that observation out of the way first because I hate to be negative but it's the only good thing I have to say about Sick Building.
Paul Magrs has long been my favourite writer of Eight-Doctor novels and his name on the cover was what encouraged me to branch out and try a new-Who novel. This is the first time I've read a book based on the new series so I'm not sure whether it's a lapse in Paul Magrs hitherto magnificent form or the range as a whole, but Sick Building - a Ten and Martha novel set on a planet inhabited only by one super-rich family and their robots - is so terribly simplistic and childish in tone it made me cringe from start to finish.
I don't know if there's a conscious decision behind this, to write the range of Doctor Who books as children's lit, or if it's something specific to this title but gosh golly, if it's typical, I doubt I'll be reading any more. As someone who loved the EDA and PDA's, the change of gear is terribly grating.
I do love Paul Magrs writing and was looking forward to a new Who novel from him, but this was a real disappointment.
Paul Magrs has long been my favourite writer of Eight-Doctor novels and his name on the cover was what encouraged me to branch out and try a new-Who novel. This is the first time I've read a book based on the new series so I'm not sure whether it's a lapse in Paul Magrs hitherto magnificent form or the range as a whole, but Sick Building - a Ten and Martha novel set on a planet inhabited only by one super-rich family and their robots - is so terribly simplistic and childish in tone it made me cringe from start to finish.
I don't know if there's a conscious decision behind this, to write the range of Doctor Who books as children's lit, or if it's something specific to this title but gosh golly, if it's typical, I doubt I'll be reading any more. As someone who loved the EDA and PDA's, the change of gear is terribly grating.
I do love Paul Magrs writing and was looking forward to a new Who novel from him, but this was a real disappointment.
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Original and fun.
This book stands out from the series because of the originality of the monsters. The monster the Doctor was intending to deal with is continent sized, and reminiscent of the sand... Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Mr. M. Jones
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a doctor who novel telling an all new story for the tenth doctor and his companion martha jones not seen on tv. it runs for 243 pages and can be read by readers of all ages. Read more
Published on 26 July 2009 by Paul Tapner
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this is one of those storys i tend to think what were they doing when comming up with this story ( same for the idiots lantern ) first of all a unbeteble killing thing that... Read more
Published on 25 July 2009 by chace
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Paul Magrs writing Doctor Who is always a tricky prospect. I like his writing, but in the past, particularly in his 8th Doctor work, he has sidelined the Doctor. Read more
Published on 18 May 2008 by S. Bentley
Sick Building
A seemingly unstoppable eating machine called (appropriately enough) the Voracious Craw is the ever-present threat in this 16th novel in BBC Book's New Series range, but the real... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2008 by Jane Aland
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A thoughtful funny story for older children and adults as well.The Doctor is portrayed well as the funny, eccentric genius and all of the characters are interesting too. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2008 by S. smith
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