Doctor Who: Corpse Marker

A 4th Doctor novel

By: Chris Boucher

Narrated by: David Collings

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

An unabridged reading of an original adventure featuring the Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker, and his companion, Leela.

The Doctor and Leela arrive on the planet Kaldor, where they find a society dependent on benign and obedient robots. But they have faced these robots before, on a huge Sandminer in the Kaldor desert, and know they are not always harmless servants....The only other people who know the truth are the three survivors from that Sandminer - and now they are being picked off one by one.

The twisted genius behind that massacre is dead, but someone is developing a new, deadlier breed of robots. This time, unless the Doctor and Leela can stop them, they really will destroy the world....

©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

One of the better Doctor Who stories

An excellent novel for the 4th Doctor and Leela. If you haven't seen the classic episode The Robots of Death, well, I suggest you go and do so before listening to this. While it's not essential, it does provide a rich background of images and knowledge of settings and characters that you otherwise might not have. The story is well done all around really. Good plot, awesome characters, interesting settings, and Mr. Collings does a great job with the narration. If you like Doctor Who, the 4th Doctor, and especially if Leela is a favored Companion of yours, then you will very likely enjoy this book as much as I did, so I heartily recommend it.

Classic Doctor Who Story

The fourth Doctor and Leela was one of my favorite pairings when I watched reruns of Doctor Who as a kid so when I came across this book and realized it was a sequel to the Robots of Death episode I snatched it up. I liked the plot about how the remaining survivors were being stalked and killed and of course Leela and the Doctor land right in the middle of it. One of the criticisms I have with the book is Leela and the Doctor spend about 75% of the book separated which is never my favorite type Doctor who stories. I like the ones where the Doctor and their companions stay together most of the time. Another criticism I had was I got a trifle confused a time or two about what exactly was going on eventually I figured it out but it was still a tad frustrating. Other then that I enjoyed it, the story definitely reminded me of the show and it took me back to my childhood. Plus overall it had a good plot and was an amusing and fun way to spend some time.

A bit of a stretch

I found the story to be a bit short on substance. It lacked an interesting subplot and events appeared to be put together that do not seem to naturally follow. The bridge scene was just ridiculous. If I wasn't a Doctor Who fan, I probably would rate this lower. Also I just kept picturing the wrong Doctor in my mind because the antics were too generic.

Kinda roundabout - but okay.

Was expecting Tom Baker not a story of the 4th Dr - but it was still okay.

Great Continuation to a Classic

Where does Doctor Who: Corpse Marker rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

True Whovians will enjoy this audio if they enjoy the Classic's

What about David Collings’s performance did you like?

The narration was well read. The tone of the narrators, for all the characters, kept the storyline interesting and intriguing. Well Done

Any additional comments?

It's a Great Listen and keeps you interested throughout the storyline.

Great sequel.

I loved this audiobook. A great sequel to a great Doctor Who story. It had my favorite Doctor number 4, and the savage companion Leela. David Colin's who played Poole in the serial, does the narration in the audiobook. Chris Boucher is a great writer, and I hope they release more his book on audio.

Swing and a miss

As much as i like david collings in dr who and blakes7, his voice recording lack consistency. His narration is good, but character accents bounce around, not distinguishable. Not consistent, and sometimes changes character accents.

The dialogue is underwhelming. There’s no wit or substance. Dragging a plain jane plot and one too many hours of reprised character, from original classic epi, subplots.

As enjoyable dr who can be, i feel like i just sat thru one of the worse episodes, like 6 hours of horns of nimon, and all ya hear is loud clunky floor board stomping over the dialogue.

i didn't enjoy the story.

The story was confusing and anticlimactic. The tone was darker than normal and there were detailed descriptions of the violence. The 4th doctor and his companions are my favorites, but they were apart for the majority of the plot. It is a sequel but that hasn't mattered in the past.

Misses the magic of Tom Baker's 4th Doctor

Was disappointed in the story and performance. Just didn't feel like a Doctor Who story, especially from the Tom Baker classic era. Leela's character is far too more violent than the 70's version. I found it difficult to keep up with the difference characters.

Interesting idea, but boring

I couldn't get past chapter 5. A follow up to Robots of Death really sounded like it would be great, but there is just nothing interesting about this story.