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Doctor Who: Aliens of London
The Doctor brings Rose home a year after she left… to find London in chaos. A spaceship has crashed into the Thames and an alien body lies in the wreckage. The Doctor uncovers a chilling conspiracy at the heart of Downing Street as ruthless alien invaders take control – members of the Family Slitheen.
The Doctor, Rose, and the MP for Flydale North must fight to expose the Slitheen infiltration – before the Earth falls prey to a deadly interstellar con that will ignite World War Three.
Starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, Russell T Davies’s blockbuster action-adventure was the first two-part story of the modern series in 2005. It is novelised by playwright and screenwriter Joseph Lidster.
The Doctor, Rose, and the MP for Flydale North must fight to expose the Slitheen infiltration – before the Earth falls prey to a deadly interstellar con that will ignite World War Three.
Starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, Russell T Davies’s blockbuster action-adventure was the first two-part story of the modern series in 2005. It is novelised by playwright and screenwriter Joseph Lidster.
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222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 26, 2026
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Joseph Lidster
85 books37 followersJoseph Lidster is an English television writer best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002. Numerous further audio plays and prose short stories followed for Big Finish, for their Doctor Who line, spin-offs and other series (Sapphire & Steel and The Tomorrow People).
In 2005, he started working for the BBC, writing tie-in material for the new Doctor Who television series. He made his television writing debut in 2008 on the second series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood and subsequently wrote three two-part stories for The Sarah Jane Adventures. He has written the two-part story "Rebel Magic" for the new CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens.
Lidster wrote the content for the tie-in websites relating to the fictional world of the television series, Sherlock. Alongside co-producer James Goss, he has produced Big Finish Productions' dramatic reading range of Dark Shadows audio dramas since 2011.
In 2012, he won the 'Audience Favourite Writer' award for his first play Nice Sally in the Off Cut Theatre Festival.
His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002. Numerous further audio plays and prose short stories followed for Big Finish, for their Doctor Who line, spin-offs and other series (Sapphire & Steel and The Tomorrow People).
In 2005, he started working for the BBC, writing tie-in material for the new Doctor Who television series. He made his television writing debut in 2008 on the second series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood and subsequently wrote three two-part stories for The Sarah Jane Adventures. He has written the two-part story "Rebel Magic" for the new CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens.
Lidster wrote the content for the tie-in websites relating to the fictional world of the television series, Sherlock. Alongside co-producer James Goss, he has produced Big Finish Productions' dramatic reading range of Dark Shadows audio dramas since 2011.
In 2012, he won the 'Audience Favourite Writer' award for his first play Nice Sally in the Off Cut Theatre Festival.
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March 23, 2026
my favourite target novel so far! The tv story as a novel is great, but the added Easter eggs & further back stories added to characters and plot points (mentioned later in Who history!) just make this a solid 10/10.
Love love love !!
Love love love !!
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March 29, 2026
The Doctor brings Rose home, but instead of twelve hours, twelve months have gone by. While trying to explain the situation to her furious mother, Rose and the Doctor see an alien ship fall from the sky and crash into Big Ben. An invasion has begun, but not everything is as it seems.
Lidster adapts the scripts cleverly and manages to fold the narrative nicely around events that hadn't happened yet at the time the episodes aired, adding a true sense of time travel to the story.
Lidster adapts the scripts cleverly and manages to fold the narrative nicely around events that hadn't happened yet at the time the episodes aired, adding a true sense of time travel to the story.
March 30, 2026
4.5/5
some bits were changed in ways that weren't necessary BUT all the bonus scenes and rewrites for World War Three? beautiful. really emphasised what a dark story this is at heart. jackie's inner monologue, molly from the estate, mickey, yvonne and torchwood, jack?? loved it. please release more of these nuwho target novels.
some bits were changed in ways that weren't necessary BUT all the bonus scenes and rewrites for World War Three? beautiful. really emphasised what a dark story this is at heart. jackie's inner monologue, molly from the estate, mickey, yvonne and torchwood, jack?? loved it. please release more of these nuwho target novels.
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April 3, 2026
This is an excellent novelisation of a good story. Joseph Lidster builds on what was on screen, carefully weaving in new connections to past and future stories, both on-screen and elsewhere. Character-driven and gently changing the shape of the story to better make it work on the page, this is a good model for what 21st century target novelisations should be.
March 30, 2026
Some great additions to the story but also some changes I didn’t care for but overall a great time.
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