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Doctor Who - Only Human (New Series Adventure 5) [Hardcover]

Gareth Roberts (Author)
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Publication Date: 8 Sep 2005 | ISBN-10: 0563486392 | ISBN-13: 978-0563486398

Somebody's interfering with time. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack arrive on modern-day Earth to find the culprit and discover a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. Only a trip back to the primeval dawn of humanity can solve the mystery. Who are the mysterious humans from the distant future now living in that distant past? What hideous monsters are trying to escape from behind the Grey Door?

Is Rose going to end up married to a caveman? Caught between three very different types of human being past, present and future the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack must learn the truth behind the Osterberg experiment before the monstrous Hy-Bractors escape to change humanity's history forever.

Featuring the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack as played by Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and John Barrowman in the hit Doctor Who series from BBC Television.

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (8 Sep 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0563486392
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563486398
  • Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 18.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack fight to save humanity's history in this gripping adventure from the BBC Books Doctor Who fiction series

About the Author

Gareth Roberts has written seven Classic Doctor Who novels, together with tv scripts for Emmerdale, Brookside, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Swiss Toni and His and Hers. He now writes for the Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures television series, including the Doctor Who episodes The Shakespeare Code (2007) and The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Suprisingly good little treat. 9 Jan 2006
By Mrs. Angela Clark
Format:Hardcover
This is the very first Doctor Who book I have ever read and it was suprisingly good. The quality of the writing is excellent and the characterisation is very good also - you could easily see this as an episode in the series.

It is short enough to be a guilty pleasure on a Saturday afternoon for when you don't want to read something too heavy - a bit like watching Doctor Who really! As I have only recently become incredibly interested in Doctor Who, I really enjoyed it - not sure how it would compare if you put it in the context of the whole genre though, but I liked it.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Who's Who? 23 Oct 2005
By JA Fairhurst
Format:Hardcover
When the TARDIS picked up an indication of temporal disturbances on Earth in the twentieth century, the Doctor is concerned about the primitive nature of the device. He found that its destination was early 21st century Bromley and with Rose and Captain Jack, he lands in Bromley's town centre. While the two guys use their technology to track down the disturbance, Rose uses a more direct method of information gathering.
The trio find their mysterious time traveller in a local hospital and rescue him to take him home. But his presence only raised more questions for no Neanderthal man could know anything of time travel. The Doctor's attempt to take him home failed nearly fatally.
With Rose, the Doctor travelled back to that delicate time when H Sapiens Sapiens was displacing H Sapiens Neanderthalis only to find a whole research team from the far future studying this period. But there was something strange (alright, even stranger) going on.
Like all the Ninth Doctor series of books, we get a good feel of the three main characters as represented in the TV series. Gareth Roberts has produced a fast moving book fully in line with the broadcast episodes while retaining the books remit to provide a strong story - I doubt the Hy-Bractors bloody rampage would have been broadcast in just that way.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Very silly, very entertaining 23 Sep 2005
By Jane Aland VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
In this 5th Ninth Doctor novel the Doctor, Rose and Jack are thrown into another adventure when a Neanderthal appears on modern day Earth (no - not 'Stig of the dump'!). The TARDIS crew are split-up very early on, with the Doctor and Rose investigating a group of scientists in the past, where Rose suffers the indignities of getting married to a caveman and in the novels most outrageous sequence re-enacts an infamous scene of comedy gore from the movie Re-Animator. In terms of plotting Captain Jack is given the short end of the stick, being virtually written out of the main storyline while he stays in the modern day looking after Neanderthal Das, but this does lead to some great comedy moments. A very light-hearted romp, Only Human derives much of it's comedy from the 'fish out of water' misunderstandings of both the Neanderthal in modern life, and the scientists stranded at the dawn of civilisation. Very silly, Only Human is nevertheless one of the more ambitious of the 'juvenile' Ninth Doctor novels, and a very entertaining read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars the last neanderthal 28 Jun 2007
By Paul Tapner TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Another novel adventure for the ninth doctor and rose, this time with captain jack along for the ride. Finding a neanderthal man has been brought through time from his era to the present day, the doctor leaves jack to introduce him to twenty first century life whilst he and rose take a trip back to ancient times to find what caused. They come across time travellers, one of whom is up to no good.

By the time the batch of books this one is part of came out, the writers had seen the new tv series and thus knew exactly what the characters were like. And in the hands of a skilled writer such as gareth roberts, who wrote many of the best books for the old doctor who book ranges, you thus are in for a treat.

The Jack and neanderthal in present day plotline is a neat sub section, and the main adventures of the doctor and rose are throughly readable stuff, with some very funny moments of dialogue and a few serious moral dilemmas that force the reader to think about them on the way. One of the best of this range and well worth getting
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A guilty pleasure!!! 26 Jan 2006
By Scifi Guy
Format:Hardcover
What a fun book. The quality of the writing is excellent and the characterizations are solid. And the plot, about a caveman transported to the 21st century and having to learn to fit in, is ripe with "fish out of water" humor. Gareth Roberts has written a fast moving story with all the thrills, fun, and humor of an episode of "Doctor Who". Infact, this could easily be an episode of 'Doctor Who". All in all, this scifi adventure is a fun afternoons reading. Another book I recommend is the scifi alien invasion adventure "GAAK" by Darryl Hughes. Four misfit kids try to save their small town and the world from kooky aliens. It's like The Goonies meets The Invaders from Mars. Spielberg would be proud. LOL!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Only Human 7 May 2006
By mimi
Format:Hardcover
Only Human was 1 of 2 first Doctor Who Books that I bought recently, to try and see if I would enjoy the written series.

It is one of those books that when you pick it up and started reading, you have to know what happens next. I think I read it within 24 hours, 2nd time I have ever done this and that was with the other Doctor Who Book!

I found that the Author (Gareth Roberts) had captured each character really well while giving his own unique personal touches. Which I found made it even more refreshing, making you want to know what he'll get the characters to do or say next. Even the enemies in this story were well thought out. The contents leading up to their background was a pretty scary thought and makes you even question yourself, what would you do if given the choices?

Over all, I will highly recommend this book to anyone. It is an enjoyable book to read, a page-turner all the way through, not to forget, Rose's and the Doctor's sarcasm.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
The best Doctor in a good story. Nice easy read for scifi fans. It's Who, how can it lose. Nine was good.
Published 1 month ago by sharon colpman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Seriously worth buying for all Doctor Who fans, it's an intriguing story with all the usual drama of the TV series.
Published 1 month ago by David Frederick Lyon
5.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who: Only Human
Reports of a time disturbance lead the Ninth Doctor to modern-day London, where he discovers a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. Read more
Published 2 months ago by kk
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting ideas but problems with the plot
This is one of the better Ninth Doctor novels. It has a good mixture of pace. The author produces some quite exciting, racey action scenes but also knows when to slow things down... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alaran
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting ideas but problems with the plot
This is one of the better Ninth Doctor novels. It has a good mixture of pace. The author produces some quite exciting, racey action scenes but also knows when to slow things down... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alaran
5.0 out of 5 stars The best kind of Doctor Who story
A good short read for an afternoon or a great book for kids, this Doctor Who story goes right back to series one and features Rose, Christopher Ecclestone's Doctor and Captain... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jo Bennie
4.0 out of 5 stars A Blast from the Past
This might seem something of a late review, given when it was first published, but in reality I'm reviewing the audiobook version. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. W. D. Burchell
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny but not at all perfect
A very good read, written with verve and pace. The books has some super ideas that deserve to be pondered often. Central to the text is the idea of `what is a human. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by Dr. Paul M. Monk
3.0 out of 5 stars A tough one to judge. A LOW three stars. More like 2 1/2 out of 5 :)
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It was the first book of Doctor Who I've read (and I only read it less than a month ago). But I am torn. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2009 by T. Milnthorpe
5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting Doctor Who story
I really enjoyed this book and it was very griping. The plot moves quickly and it is east to read. It features Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2007 by J. Pitt
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