Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor Novels Volume 2

9th Doctor Novels

By: Justin Richards, Gareth Roberts, Steve Lyons

Narrated by: Stuart Milligan, Anthony Head, Camille Coduri

Stuart Milligan, Anthony Head and Camille Coduri are the readers of these three original novels featuring the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack, as played on TV by Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and John Barrowman.

In these adventures in time and space, the travellers discover a dangerous alien predator at an abandoned Soviet naval base, a Neanderthal man in modern-day London and a world on which fiction has been outlawed.

The stories are The Deviant Strain by Justin Richards, Only Human by Gareth Roberts, and The Stealers of Dreams by Steve Lyons. Based on the hit BBC TV series.

Stuart Milligan played President Nixon in two Doctor Who TV episodes; Anthony Head played Brother Lasser in the episode 'School Reunion'; Camille Coduri played Jackie Tyler in the series from 2005 onwards.

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I am only thru The Deviant Strain however…

The narration on the first story is awful. The story is great. And I can imagine how exciting it would be with one of the great narrators who can do Nine, Rose, and Jack’s voice. Or at least appropriate accents to mimic them. Never has an accent sounded less like Nine. Except maybe when they were doing Rose. Jack wasn’t bad, only at least because it’s an American accent. But having Doctor Who narration done in an American Accent? It should be illegal! I’m praying the next two stories go better based on who the narrators are. But as of right now? Narration gets a 1 star. Sorry!

Voicing actor on point!

As always, Doctor Who Audible book is awesome. Awesome story. Awesome voice actors. Awesome everything. Always keeps me glued to my book.

Make it past the first story...

Three stories of uneven quality, although this is fairly common in any anthology. It's just unfortunately the weakest story is the first. Once you get past the long, rambling, tale read by a lackluster narrator, things do pick up. Both Anthony Head and Camille Coduri are excellent and make their stories enjoyable. When I relisten to this down the road, I'll just fast-forward past story one.