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Doctor Who: Corpse Marker [Paperback]

Chris Boucher (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 Nov 1999 | ISBN-10: 0563555750 | ISBN-13: 978-0563555759
Doctor and Leela land on the planet Kaldor, home of the Sandminer crew that they recently saved from the dreaded Robots of Death.

Intrigue abounds still further on the homeworld. The twisted genius that perverted the robots from their function to serve man, the late Taren Kapel, has become the deity of a cult that is causing chaos. Leda finds herself caught up in their mayhem while the Doctor learns that the survivors of the original sandminer crew are being killed off one by one.

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (1 Nov 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0563555750
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563555759
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 585,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Chris Boucher is one of the finest writers chronicling the time-travelling Doctor's adventures and this powerful outing (featuring the fourth doctor and Leela) observes the chronology that this excellent series has made apoint of: Corpse Marker is set between the BBC Doctor Who novelLast Man Running and the TV story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Of course, Boucher has the advantage of dealing with the Tom Baker incarnation of the Doctor, many people's favourite. But such is the power of the writing here that the doctor exists as a fully formed character in the book, with no need of TV visual aids.

In Kaldor City, society is completely dependent on robots and the automated, obedient labourers are not feared. But three survivors of the Sandminer massacre know the truth--the robots are beginning to show signs of mental breakdown and once again are being programmed to kill. But the sinister genius Taren Capel is dead: Who is behind this new menace? Needless to say, the Doctor and Leela are more than a match for them but not before some terrifying danger has to be faced:
"Leela dodged past the robot which was pulling itself back on its feet and reaching for its quarry...as they crossed out of the sewer pits, the robot surged after them. There was a sudden crackle of static in the air ..."
And when the menace spreads to global proportions, the Time Lord is obliged to utilise all his considerable skills to save both his own life--and the population of a planet. Boucher is particularly good at building his powerful narrative to a series of ever-more-gripping climaxes and his characterisation of the Doctor and Leela is first-rate. --Barry Forshaw

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars It's Dr Who 17 Jun 2000
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Yes, Chris Boucher has captured the Tom Baker Doctor with amazing accuracy. I found myself laughing out loud at the way the Dr acted, very much like he did in the Graham Williams era of Dr Who.

The plot itself starts off running as fast as crude oil, but it finds itself soon enough, and then leaves you thinking "Is that it?" when you turn the last page. Too short by far for such an interesting book. If it had been longer and still to this standard, I'd have rewarded it 5 stars.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly recreates the character of the Tom Baker Doctor !! 27 Dec 1999
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Format:Paperback
Amazing ! Chris Boucher has managed to develop a gripping modern narrative, which can be seen as an oblique critique on the over-dependence on technology, whilst a the same time recreating totally accurately the characters and atmosphere of this era of Doctor Who. The novel carries on from the TV story "Robots of Death" and continues and develops the complex threads created therein. Well worth a read and once you pick it up, you will read it to the end without wanting to stop.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Inferior Sequel 2 Jan 2006
By Jane Aland VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Chris Boucher’s television adventure The Robots of Death was a bona fide classic, but the decision of the author to sequelise it with this novel is ultimately misguided. The main selling point of The Robots of Death was the tension generated by having a cast trapped on a Storm Miner with a group of homicidal robots – here the robots are loose in Kaldor City itself, as there’s always somewhere to run the tension is sorely lacking.

Throughout the characterisation is flat, with a political intrigue grafted onto the robots assault being dull thanks to the unmemorable characters. The story takes an age to get started, with the separated 4th Doctor and Leela wandering around for the first 100 pages in search of the plot, and the finale is a massive anti-climax. There are a few enjoyable action sequences in the books middle section, and its reasonably fun catching up with Uvanov, Toos and Poul, but ultimately everything in Corpse Marker is shallow and underdeveloped: Chris Boucher is still writing in the style of the old Target novelisation while the world has moved on.

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