Doctor Who: The Stone Rose

By: Jacqueline Rayner

Narrated by: David Tennant

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum; a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to Ancient Rome, but when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than sculpture. While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future; a girl whose predictions are surprisingly accurate. But then the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose, and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for. Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television.

©2006 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2006 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Official "Fanfiction" Gem

I read and write Fanfiction for fun so when I found this I was truly excited. I chose this story first because Ten and Rose are my absolute favorite. Wow, this did not disappoint. There are fasinating layers of story telling in true Doctor Who fashion accompanied with the flirts, feelings and other strong emotions that we all crave from the actual show. I wish there were a hundred more stories just like this. Oh, and they all NEED to be read by the brilliant David Tennant as well.

Worth it for David's narration

Basic Doctor Who adventure, a little bit easy to figure out, but more difficult to solve and with an interesting plot twist at the end. Not sure how well it would play out as a real episode, but a good read. And David Tennant's voice makes everything exceptional. His Mickey impression is the best.

Soooo Very Doctor Who!

I love this book and have listened to it a number of times! I am an avid fan of Doctor Who and know stories outside of the watchful eye of the TV writers can miss the mark, but this has not left me wanting - except for more.

Jacqueline Rayner really knows her topic and her characters. I could easily be watching this as a television episode of Doctor Who.

David Tennant nails the characters - obviously his own rendition of the Dr is easy but he switches so effortlessly between Rose, her mum, Micky and a bunch of new characters, intermingled with his own Scottish narration. He is great at keeping a consistent voice for each which makes it so easy to keep track of the story.

There is also a bonus interview at the end with Jacqueline Rayner which is insightful, though the quality of the audio is a little "can-like".

It's only a few hours so is great for a lengthy drive in the car (or a really bad traffic jam). It will make the time pass quickly.

very enjoyable

I had a great time listening to this. The story was good enough but having David Tennant read it makes it special. You won't be sorry if you download this.

Great story

For everyone that likes Doctor Who and for everyone that loves a good story - this audio is for you. The story stayed very true to the characters and storylines of the TV episodes. The story was also great - I would get to work and stay in the car listening to it!

And having David Tennant read it made it all that much better.

Fantastic!

I absolutely adored this book, partly because of the story, but chiefly because of David Tennant's wonderful reading voice. For the prose bits he uses his native Scottish accent (which, Scottish accents are beautiful). Then for the seen-on-TV characters, he captures everyone's vocal cadences and styles: Jackie, Rose, Mickey, and the Doctor all sound like themselves. Well, I guess being able to sound like the Doctor is a given. And then he creates distinctly seperate voices for the book-only characters. Especially, the one he adopts for the thing behind all the events (come on, you know there's a thing!) is sheer genius. Original, funny, alien - and perfect! And it was his own idea to voice it like that - nothing in the book implies it spoke unusually, and the author herself was (pleasantly) surprised. It was so mesmerizing, I kept forgetting that every particle of the being's voice and personality was coming out of Tennant, and there wasn't really another being talking.
Story-wise, his timing is spot on, which is especially great for the comic bits (I'm an introvert, yet I couldn't NOT go into public convulsions of laughter at the Doctor's reactions when things went unexpectedly wrong for him). I'm making it sound like it's all comedy, but the overall story is quite serious: someone's running around Rome magically killing people, the Doctor keeps failing to save Rose, there's a gladiator battle of sorts and a bloodthirsty Roman goddess, and of course the Earth is in danger of destruction again. So, you see, it's all around wonderful! I'd meant this to be my last book from Audible, but now I can't leave, because I have to get every other Doctor Who book Mr. Tennant's narrated - even though they're all abridged and I've heretofore avoided abridged books like the very plague - *and* I'm working on getting all the Cressida Cowell ones, too. He was fantastic to watch as the Doctor on TV, but gosh, he's spectacularly good just to *listen* to, too! Cheers!

My Favorite Doctor!

I loved this! David Tennant as the doctor...can't get better than that.
The story is very good. Listened to it in one sitting. I am a Who fan forever!

Rose Focussed Story + 10th Doctor in a Toga

Enjoyed the story, especially the narration. Lots of plot holes, never did work out why the TARDIS was left behind, but the story zips along and I just went with the flow.

If you are looking for a cerebral Doctor adventure this may not be for you. The main plot you will work out from the initial British museum scene, although I did enjoy the twist at the end.

As a history buff I did like the fact that Roman life was centre stage (wishd for more interaction with it).

This is not a novel that will explore the inner thoughts of the characters or do more than touch on their reactions to situations, although Mickey (very much on the periphery of the novel) does have a couple of excellent speeches. And the Rose/Doctor relationship is nicely done.

I liked it, fun and entertaining. Would definitely suit YAs.

Narration was excellent.

loved it

loved it and and David Tennant being the narrator was a brilliant idea and and the story was fantastic

enjoyable

Narrator Tennant, excellent. the story was very Whoish, but I wouldn't care too much if not for my love of the Doctor. I was spellbound because of Tennant.