Doctor Who: Out of the Darkness

by Dave Stone, Guy Clapperton, Stephen Cole

Moon Graffiti -- The Doctor and Peri become caught up in one of humanity's final fights for survival in the far future, battling against the all-consuming power of the pararachnids.

Wish You Were Here -- The Doctor investigates the disappearance of an old friend in an allen holiday camp. Is Lakksis, the cheery robot redcoat, as innocent as he seems?

Vigil -- When the Doctor and Peri arrive in Hastings hideous deaths begin to occur. Can they really be linked in some way to a little girl in a coma?

Genres: Doctor Who, Audiobook, Science Fiction

Audio CD

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Judge Dredd.

Stone also contributed a number of comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse (Judge Dredd universe). In collaboration with David Bishop and artist Shaky Kane he produced the much disliked Soul Sisters, which he has described as "a joke-trip, which through various degrees of miscommunication ended up as a joke-strip without any jokes." Working independently, he created the better received Armitage, a Dreddworld take on Inspector Morse set in a future London, and also contributed to the ongoing Judge Hershey series.

Stone’s most lasting contribution to the world of Judge Dredd might well have been his vision of Brit-Cit, which until Stone’s various novels had been a remarkably underexplored area.

Reviews

[Marcy Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

'Vigil' is probably the stand out (dealing with Peri as a character) , 'Moon Graffiti' is fine with some moral lessons and Earth's future but forgettable, and 'Wish You Were Here' is a recreation of the worst elements and characterisation of the Sixth Doctor era, complete with lazy 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' plagiarism

[Brian Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

***star only review***

[M.]

Moon Graffiti: 3/5
Wish You Were Here: 2/5
Vigil: 5/5 (one of my favorite Whoniverse stories ever - brilliant and heartbreaking, Six and Peri done right.)