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Torchwood: Something in the Water [Hardcover]

Trevor Baxendale
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6 Mar 2008 Torchwood (Book 6)

Dr Bob Strong's GP surgery has been treating a lot of coughs and colds recently, far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob thinks there's something up but he can't think what. He seems to have caught it himself, whatever it is - he's starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky.

Saskia Harden has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear. Saskia is not on any files, except in the medical records at Dr Strong's GP practice.

But Torchwood's priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales, they have found a dead body. It's old and in an advanced state of decay. And it is still able to talk.

And what it is saying is 'Water hag'...

Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit science fiction series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.


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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; First Edition edition (6 Mar 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846074371
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846074370
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.1 x 20.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 18,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit sci-fi series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

About the Author

Trevor Baxendale was born in Liverpool in 1966. He has been contributing to a variety of Doctor Who fiction ranges for both BBC Books and Big Finish Productions for the last ten years and is the author of the award-winning 2004 BBC novel The Deadstone Memorial. He is a regular contributor to BBC Magazines' hugely popular Doctor Who Adventures, scripting the further exploits of the Doctor in comic strip form. His Torchwood novel, Something in the Water, was published in March 2008 and was a national bestseller.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special but not bad 1 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
I like the book but contrary to the other Torchwood novels I have read before, it lacks depth. On a superficial level the book is entertaining but it is nothing special. The characterizations are accurate but the author didn`t do anything with them that adds something, that challenges them or even shows some interesting interactions. You can feel the bond between these people and find some nice touches of humour but there was nothing I found really engaging.

The story itself felt like a "connect the dots" exercise because everything was so predictable. This was a blood, gore and snot story in which these graphic descriptions seemed to be more important sometimes than actually dealing with the characters as people. We have a female monster in a beautiful looking package who is distributing its seed among the male population but in the disguise of what looks like a particularly unpleasant and painful flu epidemic. I hate the cliché used at the end and although I expected it, I was nevertheless very disappointed.

Although the book could definitely been better, for a quick, light read it is not a bad choice.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Better that expected! 4 Jan 2013
By Nikki
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
A lot of other reviews I read before reading the book had me thinking it wasn't worth the money but I disagree. I found it hard to put down despite being quite scary! I wouldn't advise younger people to read it particularly not at night ;)
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5.0 out of 5 stars great quick read 1 Feb 2011
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i have read many of the torchwood books, and am a huge fan of the tv show. this book was a great quick read, full of action and the story kept me gripped. classic torchwood!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Something in the water does not compute 11 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
The Torchwood team discover a dead body that is still able to speak ominous words; a man is found in the Hub who has met the team at some point in their past; and Bilis Manger is back - but can Torchwood possibly defeat him without the help of Captain Jack?

I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of parasites being implanted in unwitting doctors' patients and the visceral and gruesome outcomes. Baxendale is a competent and stylish writer and what the novel lacks in depth it makes up for in sheer entertainment. The characterisation of the Torchwood team is mostly spot on, and the dark style and tone is reminiscent of the excellent first series of the show.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Something in the Water 12 April 2008
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Format:Hardcover
The 4th Torchwood novel find the team up against a serious dose of strep throat, as an alien water hag spreads an infection throughout Cardiff...

For the most part 'Something in the Water' is good stuff - the water hag has enough historical background to be more than just another random 'alien of the week' and makes a viscious enemy, there are some enjoyable scenes of horror and action, and the regular characters are all true to their television counterparts. If the novel has a flaw it's with the ending, with the lack of clear rationale behind the creatures plans for the Rift dissapointing, while the fact that the adventure is concluded more with brawn than brains doesn't make this a memorable finale.

Nevertheless, despite the mild downturn at the end this is for the most part an engrossing, enjoyable adventure, and while it may not do anything radical with any of the main cast this is still fun stuff.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Totally sick... in a good way 26 Nov 2008
Format:Hardcover
Perhaps the slickest and paciest Torchwood novel thus far, Trevor Baxendale's Something In The Water sees everyone's favourite gang of sexually explicit Ghostbusters going up against things that go splat in the night in the local bog. That may not sound like an especially appealing summation and its not - although what the Torchwood team investigate in reassuringly non-toilet based. And that's basically the plot summed up, really!

I felt Something In The Water was a far easier and more entertaining read than its three predecessors, which seemed to be marred by plodding and often unnecessary attempts at fleshing-out the TV characters. Baxendale hits the ground running a lot more here, and there's less time spent pondering the grief of working for an alien-hunting organization and more time spent dealing with the gruesome goings-on, with no shortage of zombified corpses, hideous infections, mutant alien baby-things exploding out of people's heads and then getting shot (you probably wouldn't see that on Doctor Who, now, would you?) and the whole Torchwood team on the brink of a decidedly nasty fate worse than death. Perhaps the only major problem with this bloody romp as with the other Torchwood novels is the story being basically a thin, one-idea monster-of-the-week type setup that's clearly been written to a very tight formula and word count - especially considering that the second batch of novels are fractionally shorter than the first. Cutting out the flab and being formulaic aren't necessarily bad things, its just that generally the self-contained nature of the story makes the whole endeavour feel a bit pointless.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Something in the water 4 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
Good read for Torchwood fans. There is a lot of cutting back and forth between actions, especially at the start but it all comes together quite nicely. As mentioned in the review by Hadrell there is perhaps too much decriptive text of the 'nasties' but I felt it gave a good visual image of just what the Torchwood team were up against. After all, Torchwood is aimed at adults, not children. Found the book engrossing enough not to want to put down. If you can stomach the vivid desriptions of blood, snot and gore, it is a good read.
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