Home
/
Fiction
/
Doctor Who: The Rescue
Doctor Who: The Rescue
Dec 22, 2025 5:43 PM

Author:Ian Marter,Maureen O'Brien

Doctor Who: The Rescue

From his one previous visit the Doctor remembers the inhabitants of the planet Dido as a gentle, peace-loving people. But when he returns, things have changed dramatically. It seems that the Didoi have brutally massacred the crew of the crashed spaceliner Astra. Even now they are threatening the lives of the sole survivors, Bennett and the orphan girl Vicki. Why have the Didoi apparently turned against their peaceful natures? Can Bennett and Vicki survive until the rescue ship from Earth arrives? And who is the mysterious Koquillion? Maureen O'Brien, who played Vicki in the original Doctor Who TV serial, reads Ian Marter's complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1987.

4 CDs. 4 hrs 36 mins.

Reviews

The audiobook works well to flesh out the story that introduced the companion Vicki and stays fairly true to the original... Maureen O'Brien, who originally played Vicki, reads the audiobook lending gravitas and a bone-fide quality

—— Emrys Matthews , http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk

A frank, wonderfully unsentimental and often very funny novel about becoming a mother to a disabled child

—— Kirsty Lang

Saira Shah is a gifted writer, a truly original talent. Her novel declares the presence of an author whose name we will come to cherish

—— Fergal Keane

Anarchically life-affirming... Shah writes with sensuous passion

—— New York Times

A touchingly funny, bittersweet first novel... An addictive, honest read

—— Red

A funny and poignant read

—— Deirdre O'Brien , Sunday Mirror

This beautiful debut will have parent looking at their child through new eyes

—— Sarah Reid , UK Regional Press Syndication

[I]n Rice's hands, The Wolf Gift evolves from a fantastical romp into an engrossing thriller. . .

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Wilde at his height, in The Picture of Dorian Gray (like The Wolf Gift, a morality tale about transformation), is Rice’s true precursor. He preferred paradox to uncomplicated alternatives, and was most at home in the dark light of ghost stories, church shadows and fairy tales. This is the energy of The Wolf Gift. It is wit-filled, languid and vibrant, brainy and snarling. It will leave open-minded readers howling for more.

—— The Globe and Mail

A superior thriller... the mix of ancient and modern, familiar and inventive, and the fact that Rice easily drops in elements that other people would save for a quick sequel – all this proves there is MORE in this book. And ultimately that means more satisfaction.

—— bookbag.co.uk

I didn't want to put it down for a second.

—— warpcoresf.co.uk

The Wolf Gift is pure Anne Rice. It is dark. It is romantic. It is fast-paced and gripping. It is engaging and perhaps most importantly, it is fresh. Anne Rice has done with werewolves, exactly what she’s done for vampires, witches and angels and given them a complete make-over and her individual twist on their background. She’s re-invented and re-written the mythology of the genre.

—— iamelpi.com

Anne Rice of the famous Vampire Chronicles is back, but this time she has put her fangs away and comes baring claws... This is sure to mark the beginning of a new saga for Rice and is equally sure to the guilty pleasure for many a fantasy horror fan.

—— welovethisbook.com
Comments
Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdbook.com All Rights Reserved