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"Doctor Who": Dead Air: (10th Doctor, Audio Original) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

James Goss (Author), David Tennant (Reader)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd; Unabridged edition (29 Mar 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1408426803
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408426807
  • Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 12 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #15 in  Books > Science Fiction > Doctor Who
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Loaded with tension and scares -- Dunmow Broadcast, March 18, 2010

... there are some great lines and Tennant's voice work is a delight -- SFX, May 2010

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'Hello, I'm the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die'. At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for the first time - to reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966. He has travelled to Earth in search of the Hush - a terrible weapon that kills, silences and devours anything that makes noise - and has tracked it to a boat crewed by a team of pirate DJs. With the help of feisty Liverpudlian Layla and some groovy pop music, he must trap the Hush and destroy it - before it can escape and destroy the world. Written specially for audio by James Goss and read by David Tennant, "Dead Air" features the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television. 'Loaded with tension and scares' - "Dunmow Broadcast". '...there are some great lines and Tennant's voice work is a delight' - "SFX".

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Hush hush, 9 Mar 2010
By Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Doctor Who": Dead Air: (10th Doctor, Audio Original) (Audio CD)
I thought that Doctor Who: The Last Voyage would be the last bbc audio story featuring the tenth doctor, but this one then slipped into the schedules at rather short notice.

This follows a slightly different format to the previous releases in this range because ir's only one disc long rather than two, featuring two episodes that run for roughly thirty five minutes each.

And it's formatted slightly differently also, because it's presented - via a short announcement at the beginning - as being a recording found on a sunken vessel. Which turns out to have been made by the Doctor. The Doctor tells the tale of how he arrived on a pirate radio vessel in the 1960's, on the trail of a living weapon called the hush. This kills anything that issues a sound.

David Tennant thus reads the whole thing in character, but as before also provides voices for the supporting characters.

This follows the classic doctor who format of an isolated place coming under attack from alien menace. The Doctor works alongside a liverpudlian girl called Layla to find the hush. She's quite an appealing character, having a lot of common sense and a determined attitude.

The whole setting is very convincing really feeling like it's set in the sixties, thanks not least to references of audio technology of the time. And what will follow.

Once you get past all the set up in part one you do then find yourself waiting for something to happen as the Doctor and Layla are searching the boat for their quarry. But then a very good cliffhanger provides the jolt the story requires.

It gets even better in part two, though, as it uses the format of audio to it's full effect. This would be a hard story to do on tv. There's a subtle air of menace to part two, which makes it just the kind of thing to listen to on long winter evenings with the curtains drawn and the lights down low. And there are a few good surprises and plot developments you won't see coming along the way.

It does also go nicely against cliche at the end. The Doctor saying something a little different to what he usually does when he resolves things.

Do also be sure to play the cd to the very end of the final track.

Short and sweet and one more tenth doctor story. Well worth a listen.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not like other Doctor Who audio books..., 8 Mar 2010
By T. David (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Doctor Who": Dead Air: (10th Doctor, Audio Original) (Audio CD)
Unlike the other Doctor Who audio books which are just that, books, this one is rather different. It is read by David Tennant of course and he does do it ever so well, but its also read by the Doctor. The best way to describe it is just like someone reading a journal. Up until the end of course.

I would recomend it, not as long as the other books, only 1 hour 10 minutes run time but I did laugh a little and yes there are things that you can see coming. Still a great one.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who 'Dead Air', 14 Mar 2010
By Sharon Thorne (U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Doctor Who": Dead Air: (10th Doctor, Audio Original) (Audio CD)
Well this latest Doctor Who audio book was an unexpected surprise,
1 - because it was an extra story snuck in about the tenth Doctor and
2 (or b) - because it was an extra story told by the tenth Doctor himself, and I don't just mean it was David Tennant reading but the tenth Doctor himself reading it!

It was an unusual idea by James Goss to create the idea of an old recording found at the bottom of the sea in the wreck of a 1960's pirate radio ship and if you are listening to this recording as the Doctor says... 'then one of us is going to die!'

The characters are voiced well by David Tennant as always and I really felt that I got to know the Doctor's newly found friend 'Layla' with her fun attitude to life, quirky sense of humour and a real feeling for the excitement and adventure that life has to offer this young woman in the swinging sixties. When the Doctor tells her he's chasing down an alien and he travels in time and space, she just thinks that's 'cool'. I could imagine her running off with the Doctor in the Tardis...

I'm still trying to decide whether it's better to have David Tennant as himself telling a story with the Doctor thrown in during the dialogue or to have the Doctor tell it in his own words. I think that's for you to decide when you listen to the story but either way it's a great concept and I can't see why (even though the tenth Doctor's time has come to an end on screen) his audio adventures can't continue in the future and maybe told by David Tennant himself as he's pretty good at it!

The only slight downside is the length of the story - much shorter than the others. I think it could have been a longer story and not just for the sake of it. How did the Doctor come to be chasing this alien weapon in the first place? And what about the only other two characters in the story. I wanted to know more about them. For these reasons I've taken off a star but it's still well worth buying if you're a fan of Who.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dead Air
I think this audio-book has to be one of the best I have listened to. The story is gripping and the twist at the end really put the cherry on the cake. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Ms. B. J. JENKINS

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
As usual, Tennant is brilliant in his voice interpretation of the various characters in this well-written, nicely paced story. Read more
Published 17 days ago by T. McConnell

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
A radio station sends a recording the doctor made about one of his adventures on a boat.
Won't tell too much. Won't spoil the surprise. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Trüffelschwein

5.0 out of 5 stars doctor who dead air
enjoyed it another alternate ending on this one he didn't say "I don't want to go"
Published 1 month ago by Janet M. Thorpe

4.0 out of 5 stars Vocal dexterity engaging
The ultra talented Tennant does almost all the voices very convincingly in this clever, engaging and slightly sad story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tavia

3.0 out of 5 stars Dead uninvolving
Lots of praise for the final original audio story for David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in these reviews, however I wasn't so sure; I found Tennant's verbal tics more irksome than ever... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Captain Pugwash

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but praise really!
Dead Air is a bit of a break with tradition from the usual format of DW audiobooks, and it works brilliantly! Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. Shephard

5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift for the Dr. Who fan
I bought this as a gift for my wife, a huge Dr. Who fan. Buying directly from U.K./BBC sometimes scores you items w/ slightly different content [from that released in U.S. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark A. Laus

4.0 out of 5 stars An unusual story


This is a very unusual story and recorded in the format of a cleaned up tape. It holds the attention and certainly keeps you guessing at the conclusion. Read more
Published 5 months ago by P. A. Pendrey

5.0 out of 5 stars wow! Spooky!
What can I say? Told by David Tennant's doctor himself, this story contains a warning for the listener at the start and at the end... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lilli de la Field

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