Doctor Who: The Forever Trap

The Forever Trap

By: Dan Abnett

Narrated by: Catherine Tate

Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Catherine Tate reads this exclusive, thrilling story, in which the Doctor and Donna are imprisoned on the Edifice and become neighbours to a terrifying assortment of aliens.

When the TARDIS is invaded by a holographic marketing scam, the Doctor and Donna find themselves trapped on the Edifice, a purpose-built complex of luxury apartments in space. Their new environs leave much to be desired: millions of beings from across the Universe have been gathered to live side by side in similar apartments.

Instead of creating neighbourly affection, it's led to terrible battles being waged in the corridors and on the stairwells. The Doctor and Donna must cross the paths of deadly alien mobs as they search for the Edifice's ultimate authority. Who, or what, lies at the heart of the incredible complex? What destructive scourge is eating away at the Edifice itself? And are the Doctor and Donna trapped forever in this living hell?

The Forever Trap features the Doctor and Donna as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate in the hit BBC Television series Doctor Who. It was written specially for audio by Dan Abnett.

©2008 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2008 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Great Doctor Who

This is probably my favorite doctor who audio story. It's a lot of fun, Catherine Tate is amazing. Highly recommended.

Long live the Doctor!

If you like the Doctor and Donna, you will love this! Catherine Tate keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the story and does an amazing impression of David Tennant as the Doctor. The imagery is perfectly detailed, and the sounds/music (while a little cheesy) help make it a classic DW.

Donna Noble For The Win!

What does Catherine Tate bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

If it weren't for Catherine Tate narrating this particular story, I wouldn't have been laughing out loud in my car on Highway 80 on my long commute home. Believe me, that alone changes lives around here. :)

Brilliant story read by brilliant woman. Who could ask for more?

A Great Listen

These 2 1/2 hour audiobooks are realy great. This is the second that I've read (listened).The stories are better with the extra Ninety minutes to spread out in. It's also better when one of the acting cast narrate the book. Seeing as they know the characters better than anyone else. I will definitely buy others and reccomended to all who fans.

Luxury Apartments, Now available!

Ok, Ill keep this short. If you like the "Donna Noble" Companion played By Catherine Tate, on the Hit BBC TV Show DOCTOR WHO, Then you will Love love love this Audio book! The Book is written by Dan Abnett, ( his name alone got me to buy the book ) the writer behind the Torchwood audiobook "Border Princes", and many other hardcover books, and is read Splendidly by Catherine Tate. A great Mystery full of laughs and adventure in the doctor Who Universe!

LOVE IT!

Brilliant! It's a good story line and Catherine Tate reads it very well. My favorite so far.

Great!

I've listened to quite a few of these now and this is a close second favorite (after The Resurrection Casket). Not too scary and it's fun enough that I'd want to listen to it again, which is the gold standard I hold audio books to. Very much recommend!

Brilliant performance

Listening to this, I keep thinking that Catherine Tate must be one wicked party guest. First, she's an excellent reader in general, clear and well-paced. Second, she is an incredible voice mimic. She can't always produce David-Tennant-as-the-10th-Doctor's tone of voice (sometimes the way she lowers her pitch to delineate him sounds slightly odd), but she precisely duplicates every nuance of his delivery. In fact, she mimics Tennant better than he mimics her...as the Doctor-Donna would triumphantly remark, "HA!"

And of course she knows how to speak as Donna Noble, so no problems there. There are various minor characters; each one is distinct and interesting.

The story itself is solid. The dialogue is snappy, and the vibe is pure Doctor Who. When the performance is this top-notch I don't mind some narrative lapses, but this tale is coherent and presents a nice variety of scenes that build on each other and hold my interest in their own right. This is Doctor Who, folks - if you want Dostoevsky or Stephen Hawking or some perfect and glorious combination of the two, go to another section. (Or better still - write your own, and dazzle us mere mortals.) Many of the story threads are derivative of other DW scenarios, but when it's mixed-and-matched to this degree and done this well, it's part of the fun. (Anyway - try coming up with something completely original in Doctor Who after nearly 50 years.) Plus, I loved the overall concept.

I'll be able to listen to this multiple times without getting tired of it. Very glad to have it.

Must read!

I got this Doctor Who audiobook by chance. I had been looking for something else. It was well, well worth it.

The Doctor's character is spot on. Donna is hilarious, and it helps that Catherine Tate is the narrator. I think it is the best book out all of them so far. And, trust me, I've read/listened to almost all of them.

An Enjoyable Distraction

_The Forever Trap_ was an enjoyable story; being an exclusive audio adventure, there was no concern about it overlapping with the books in my library, so I picked it up without hesitation, and was glad I did. With a great job of narration by Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), it was an enjoyable listen.

It's short enough to keep the pace flowing well and quickly, but also is an exclusive audio story, so brings none of the abridged book concerns that the listener is missing something important.