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"Doctor Who": The Doctor Trap (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) (Hardcover)

by Simon Messingham (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846075580
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846075582
  • Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 75,629 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sebastiene was perhaps once human. He might look like a nineteenth-century nobleman, but in truth he is a ruthless hunter. He likes nothing more than luring difficult opposition to a planet, then hunting them down for sport. And now he's caught them all - from Zargregs to Moogs, and even the odd Eternal...In fact, Sebastiene is after only one more prize. For this trophy, he knows he is going to need help. He's brought together the finest hunters in the universe to play the most dangerous game for the deadliest quarry of them all. They are hunting for the last of the Time Lords - the Doctor. This title features the Doctor and Donna as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate in the hit series from BBC Television.


About the Author

Simon Messingham wrote with Alexander Kirk the TV comedy series Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement, which starred Rik Mayall. He also wrote The Dave Saint Show, which starred John Thomson. Simon has also appeared in numerous sketch show outfits, written and directed short films, was commissioned by the UK Film Council to write the feature film comedy Goth Holiday, co-wrote the play The Teen People and was the 2005 winner of the British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Planet 1 is Not What It Seems, 16 Nov 2008
By Ruth King "BookishRuth.com" (Spring City, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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"Excitement, tension, the thrill of the chase, these were a few of his favourite things."
- The Doctor Trap, p. 187

Sebastiene is physically flawless, incredibly powerful and more than a little bit maniacal. As the ruler of Planet 1, Sebastiene has everything he could ever want, but that will never be enough. He's taken to hunting down alien species, the more dangerous the better. For his ultimate prize, however, Sebastiene must enlist the help of the Endangered Dangerous Species Society, a group of the most ruthless hunters in the galaxy. Sebastiene wants to add the most dangerous being in the universe to his collection: the Doctor, the last of the Time Lords.

Sebastiene uses a genetic copy of the Doctor, a man named Baris, to steal the TARDIS and kidnap Donna. The doppelganger lures the Doctor to Planet 1, but it doesn't take long for the Doctor to turn the tables on his twin. He manages to switch places with Baris, which only complicates matters. Now he has to save Donna, recover the TARDIS and keep the hunters from killing Baris. Can the Doctor escape Sebastiene's trap or will Sebastiene find himself in a trap of the Doctor's design?

The Doctor Trap is an action-packed story filled with twists and turns, alternating between confusing and clever. Sebastiene was an interesting villain but I felt that the story would have been stronger without the final twist; it felt rather anticlimactic compared to earlier revelations.

This is one of the first novels to feature Donna Noble as the Doctor's companion. While they spend most of the story separated (one of my personal pet peeves with the Doctor Who novels), there are some nice moments of Doctor/Donna banter that the show's fans came to expect during Series 4.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent audiobook. Russell Tovey really makes the characters come alive., 11 Sep 2009
By Music lover. (England.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: "Doctor Who": The Doctor Trap: (Abridged Book) (Dr Who) (Audio CD)
I've really said it all in the title of my review.
This is a truly excellent audiobook, one of the best I've ever heard.
Russell Tovey makes the story come alive, so that it's more like listening to a real audio adventure rather than just a reading of a book. He does such a brilliant job of creating the different characters, especially the character of Sebastian. His talent for creating the different voices and tones of speech is unsurpassed in my view.
He really does bring the characters in the story alive.
Usually, audiobooks need the inclusion of music and sound effects to really work, but you don't get any in the audbiobooks featuring the current Doctor Who stories, as you do get in the classic Doctor Who audiobooks. But you do get the Doctor Who theme tune, which you don't get in the 'classic' Who audiobooks for some reason, (maybe the BBC not wanting to use any Dr Who theme in their audiobooks except the current Doctor's theme?) Anyhow, a lot of the time, the current audiobook versions are not usually as good as some of the 'classic' Doctor Who audiobooks, mainly for the lack of music and sound effects, but even without any of that, this story just LIVES, thanks to the excellent reading skills of the narrator. Brilliant!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, 1 Jul 2009
By Mrs. S. E. Sexton "Sheila" (Norfolk England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Doctor Who": The Doctor Trap: (Abridged Book) (Dr Who) (Audio CD)
this was an excellent audio book brillently read by Russell Tovey. I really enjoyed the book must have for all Dr Who fans
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2.0 out of 5 stars Too confusing
I read this while in the library in one straight sitting. It was fine enough on how it was written in style, but the overall storyline was completely messed up, until i just... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tessa

1.0 out of 5 stars Ambridged version does not work.
The full version of this book may well be a good read but the abridged version on the CD just does not work. Read more
Published 6 months ago by R. Hough

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT background listening material
This was an enjoyable story, but sufficiently puzzling at points that it requires your full attention. Read more
Published 8 months ago by V. J. Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor Trap.
This audio book is brilliant. The narrator couldnt have been better and the story is just absolutely fantastic
Published 8 months ago by Ms. J. Wolfenden

4.0 out of 5 stars A review of the novel AND the audiobook
After a host of original Doctor Who novels for both The Virgin New Adventures series and the BBC books series that followed it, this is Simon Messingham's first Tenth Doctor novel... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Barney McGrew

4.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor trap made my head spin
"The Doctor Trap" is one of the first Doctor Who novels to feature Donna as the Doctor's companion. Though, through the first half of the book she isn't very present, as the... Read more
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