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

Truly outstanding work all around.

Honestly one of the best doctor who plots I've encountered, including on the show itself. I didn't expect this level of storywork, and it was refreshing and engaging to hear it read out as a novel rather than watching it play out visually. Very well done on many levels, and David Tennant's voice work is charming as he is.

Great performance, but it was over too soon!

If you could sum up Doctor Who in three words, what would they be?

Entertaining, Adventure, Humorous

Would you recommend Doctor Who to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes! David Tennant is enthusiastic as a reader and characterist.

Which character – as performed by David Tennant – was your favorite?

Mickey

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Chuckled at parts

Any additional comments?

This was a great extension of the TV series and David Tennant is marvelous. I wish for what I paid for it that the story was longer!

timey wimey

excelente no esperaba tanta accion y tanta paradoja. Tennant es un gran narrador :) kawai

Best book I've listened to in months!

What a treasure. David Tennant was perfection in his narration of this excellent novel. It's rich with humor, surprises and nonsense. All who fans add this to your 'must read'.

I loved it

it was amazing. I love Doctor Who and David Tennant is my favorite Doctor so having him narrate it was great :). it had a good story and a good ending

For anyone who wants more 10th & Rose

I loved this book. It was clever and fun with some very sweet moments between The Doctor and Rose. Besides who wouldn't want to hear David Tennant talk for nearly 2 & 1/2 hours? You don't have to worry about this story going against cannon or being unfaithful to the Doctor Who series. I too enjoyed the author interview at the end. I'm a huge Doctor Who fan and this was my first Doctor Who audiobook and I'm so glad I gave it a listen.

pretty good...

was good, but not up tp par with old Dr. Whos.....would like more characterization of the Dr.

Short but Fun

It's a great short story. I feel like it was meant for a younger Doctor Who crowd, but that didn't stop me from enjoying. David Tennant was great narrating and at doing the different voices. His addition to it is what really made this worthwhile. My only "complaint" is that it was very short, although the interview with David Tennant at the end was interesting.

David Tennant... in A Toga

The story sets up, beautifully. And for Doctor Who books, it simply does not get better than having one of the actors who play the good Doctor as the narrator. David Tennant is simply... brilliant. Full disclosure: I am a long time fan of Doctor Who in all its incarnations.

The only thing that I did not like in the story was a bit of Deus Ex Machina toward the end. The plot revolves around a... well, I better not spoil it. As much as the "bad guy" reveal made me wince, it did not completely take away my enjoyment of the story. The very strong character building throughout made up for the things that aggravated me.

If you listen to the end, there is an interview with the author that gives quite a lot of insight into the process of converting a book set in a popular television series into an audio book.

Doctor and Rose

I love how David Tennant gives the characters different voices (especially Jackie) - it makes it easier to keep track of who says what. I really liked the museum bit as it was full of fun and character. Overall, it was an entertaining story. A bit hard to keep track of some of the time travel/explanation later on, but overall enjoyable.