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BBC Doctor Who: New Series Audio Exclusives #5
Doctor Who: The Day of the Troll
When the Doctor arrives on Earth in the far future, he is horrified to find the planet beset by famine and starvation. England is a barren wasteland, and scientists are desperately seeding the ground to make the crops grow again. But now it seems that something even worse is happening.
Karl Baring, the owner of research facility The Grange, has been snatched away in the middle of the night. His sister Katy was with him when he vanished, but is now in catatonic shock — so it is up to the Doctor, with the help of the scientists at The Grange, to investigate. What is lurking under the old bridge, and why is it preying on people?
The Doctor must find out, before it strikes again...
Karl Baring, the owner of research facility The Grange, has been snatched away in the middle of the night. His sister Katy was with him when he vanished, but is now in catatonic shock — so it is up to the Doctor, with the help of the scientists at The Grange, to investigate. What is lurking under the old bridge, and why is it preying on people?
The Doctor must find out, before it strikes again...
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August 30, 2021
This is an audiobook based on the television series. It is a short story as it clocks in just a little over two hours. It concerns The Tenth Doctor who was played by David Tennant who also provides the narration to this book. In this one, The Doctor has no companion. He travels to England in the near future and England is a wasteland. Nothing will grow. With this change in environment there is a creature from underneath.
The highlight of this book is the narration by Tennant. I have said this before in other books that he has narrated. His narration is perfect. Obviously he will get the portrayal of the main character. He also excels at the other characters as well as telling the story. He knows when to showcase tension or when to highlight levity. He is probably my favorite narrator. As for the story I was interested as the antagonist was coming from underneath instead of above from space. Unfortunately it never truly grabbed me like other audiobooks I have listened to. The story fits for this universe and I liked it.
I enjoyed this story and I believe a lot of that can be attributed to David Tennant as the narrator. He always makes a story better than it really is and this is one of those times. If this was read by someone else I probably would have given it two stars. Hearing Tennant narrate a story is worth the price of admission and brings up my enjoyment automatically.
The highlight of this book is the narration by Tennant. I have said this before in other books that he has narrated. His narration is perfect. Obviously he will get the portrayal of the main character. He also excels at the other characters as well as telling the story. He knows when to showcase tension or when to highlight levity. He is probably my favorite narrator. As for the story I was interested as the antagonist was coming from underneath instead of above from space. Unfortunately it never truly grabbed me like other audiobooks I have listened to. The story fits for this universe and I liked it.
I enjoyed this story and I believe a lot of that can be attributed to David Tennant as the narrator. He always makes a story better than it really is and this is one of those times. If this was read by someone else I probably would have given it two stars. Hearing Tennant narrate a story is worth the price of admission and brings up my enjoyment automatically.
January 23, 2018
Nobody does the 10th Doctor better than David Tennant! When I saw that this Doctor Who audiobook was narrated by Tennant, I checked it out of my local library's digital site immediately. A 10th Doctor fix! Yay!!
This story was so much fun to listen to! A future Earth is a place of starvation, famine and wasteland. England is a barren, abandoned expanse, but a group of scientists are struggling in vain to plant crops. Not only are their efforts to grow food failing, but something much more sinister is lurking out there in the empty wasteland...waiting. Karl Bering and his sister, Katy, are out checking their experimental crops, when Karl is snatched away by something. Luckily, the Doctor appears (dah daaaaaa dah!) and carries her back to the facility. What took Karl? Will Katy be ok? And what is out there??
David Tennant is stellar as the 10th Doctor in this BBC audiobook! Every time something bad happens or a monster appears, he grins and says it's fantastic. ha ha! It's everything I loved about the episodes of Doctor Who he starred in! Once when a large monster is attacking the group it says "Comeeeeee with meeeeee!'' in this really spooky voice. The Tenth Doctor's reply?? "You ought to brush your teeth!'' LOL!!
As with most other BBC audio presentations, the production value is fabulous with neat sound effects added. Simon Messingham wrote a great Doctor Who story -- very enjoyable! David Tennant is quite talented as narrator. His performance is more acting than just reading. He voices all the characters wonderfully even doing a croaky voice for the monsters. Fab! I have hearing loss, but I was easily able to hear and understand Tennant's performance, even with all the sound effects and his accent. Just an enjoyable experience!
10th Doctor fans & those who enjoy Doctor Who will love this audiobook! At just over 2 hours long, it is a quick listen. I happily let the Doctor keep me company while I cleaned house. Luckily, no troll popped out of my linen closet. :) Well worth the time! Fun story!
This story was so much fun to listen to! A future Earth is a place of starvation, famine and wasteland. England is a barren, abandoned expanse, but a group of scientists are struggling in vain to plant crops. Not only are their efforts to grow food failing, but something much more sinister is lurking out there in the empty wasteland...waiting. Karl Bering and his sister, Katy, are out checking their experimental crops, when Karl is snatched away by something. Luckily, the Doctor appears (dah daaaaaa dah!) and carries her back to the facility. What took Karl? Will Katy be ok? And what is out there??
David Tennant is stellar as the 10th Doctor in this BBC audiobook! Every time something bad happens or a monster appears, he grins and says it's fantastic. ha ha! It's everything I loved about the episodes of Doctor Who he starred in! Once when a large monster is attacking the group it says "Comeeeeee with meeeeee!'' in this really spooky voice. The Tenth Doctor's reply?? "You ought to brush your teeth!'' LOL!!
As with most other BBC audio presentations, the production value is fabulous with neat sound effects added. Simon Messingham wrote a great Doctor Who story -- very enjoyable! David Tennant is quite talented as narrator. His performance is more acting than just reading. He voices all the characters wonderfully even doing a croaky voice for the monsters. Fab! I have hearing loss, but I was easily able to hear and understand Tennant's performance, even with all the sound effects and his accent. Just an enjoyable experience!
10th Doctor fans & those who enjoy Doctor Who will love this audiobook! At just over 2 hours long, it is a quick listen. I happily let the Doctor keep me company while I cleaned house. Luckily, no troll popped out of my linen closet. :) Well worth the time! Fun story!
December 15, 2015
not bad.
tennant's narration makes everything better :D
cuz he's awesome
tennant's narration makes everything better :D
cuz he's awesome
January 11, 2021
actual rating: 3.5
This was a really fun story and David Tennant does an absolutely amazing job narrating as always, but the stories without a regular companion are in general not my favorite unless they're specifically focusing on that aspect like Midnight did. There was a short scene like that here which I enjoyed but I definitely like it better when there's someone familiar for the Doctor to play off of. Still a nice quick listen though!
This was a really fun story and David Tennant does an absolutely amazing job narrating as always, but the stories without a regular companion are in general not my favorite unless they're specifically focusing on that aspect like Midnight did. There was a short scene like that here which I enjoyed but I definitely like it better when there's someone familiar for the Doctor to play off of. Still a nice quick listen though!
August 31, 2016
Nope.
Even with David Tennant's great voice acting this story cannot be saved. In this solo mission the Doctor lands (companion-less) in a future Britain that is dead. Due to global cooling the Earth has not been able to farm and current food sources will be depleted in the next 70 years. It is an interesting setting that is quickly lost as it fades into the background. The root-looking alien is pretty lame and there aren't really any characters to care about. Instead of having a 'one off' companion as the Doctor typically does when he his travelling alone the doctor deals with a gaggle of characters that I found difficult to keep straight in such a short amount of time. I think to make a solo Doctor work there has to be one character that he latches onto that the audience can relate to and feel invested...
Oh Astrid, I cry every time...
I didn't feel like this story had that character.
Overall, I say skip this one.
Even with David Tennant's great voice acting this story cannot be saved. In this solo mission the Doctor lands (companion-less) in a future Britain that is dead. Due to global cooling the Earth has not been able to farm and current food sources will be depleted in the next 70 years. It is an interesting setting that is quickly lost as it fades into the background. The root-looking alien is pretty lame and there aren't really any characters to care about. Instead of having a 'one off' companion as the Doctor typically does when he his travelling alone the doctor deals with a gaggle of characters that I found difficult to keep straight in such a short amount of time. I think to make a solo Doctor work there has to be one character that he latches onto that the audience can relate to and feel invested...
Oh Astrid, I cry every time...
I didn't feel like this story had that character.
Overall, I say skip this one.
June 22, 2015
makes me feel a little less friendly to trees and plant:)
January 31, 2013
Wonderful little story about a time when The Doctor travelled alone. I was so happy to listen David Tennant and his amazing Scottish accent. And the monster is probably one of my all time favorite Doctor Who monsters right now. I really did enjoy this and can't wait to find more of these!
July 10, 2019
This audiobook was so much fun!!!
Let me just preface this with saying -- I HATE AUDIOBOOKS. I have auditory processing issues & ADHD, so audiobooks are extremely hard for me to focus on. I can do podcasts, but if I zone out while listening to an audiobook, then I have to go back & find where I left off, not get frustrated with myself for zoning out, etc etc, which has in the past made it an extremely unenjoyable experience. Heck, I haven't successfully listened to any audiobooks in the past 15 years that weren't A Series of Unfortunate Events or Harry Potter. & even then, those only worked out because I was re-reading them.
But THIS audiobook -- oh how I LOVED this. To begin with, it's essentially a 2-hour audio version of a Doctor Who episode, which is just cheesy, campy, & lovely. (You don't go into it with high expectations in terms of plot or characterization, you go in to it planning to be entertained, which I was in spades.)
I also loved that it was narrated by David Tennant -- not only is he a great actor, but he really made this story come alive. It was nice that he used his native Scottish accent for the general narration, & then affected other voices & accents for the different characters. His voice is easy to listen & pay attention to, & it helped that it really sounded like he was playing his character from the show.
I also really liked the audio effects & music -- even though they weren't constant, they came through in really effective ways, & made it feel much more like an audio drama than a plain old audio book.
The only reason it comes down to 4 stars for me is because I was just...not into the sexism. Two of the characters are women & are fine, but then the third is portrayed as extremely hysterical, wimpy, & vapid. (She's a biology student, & presumably had to at least know her shit to be in the position she is, but we never see that.)
I guess the one other issue I had was that the characterization was weak for some of the male characters -- I mixed up a few of them since they didn't have strong enough distinguishing attributes. Which wouldn't be a problem in a visual medium, but in a verbal/audial medium, it did make things a bit confusing.
Overall, really really enjoyed, & I'm going to be trying out more Doctor Who audiobooks in the future!
Let me just preface this with saying -- I HATE AUDIOBOOKS. I have auditory processing issues & ADHD, so audiobooks are extremely hard for me to focus on. I can do podcasts, but if I zone out while listening to an audiobook, then I have to go back & find where I left off, not get frustrated with myself for zoning out, etc etc, which has in the past made it an extremely unenjoyable experience. Heck, I haven't successfully listened to any audiobooks in the past 15 years that weren't A Series of Unfortunate Events or Harry Potter. & even then, those only worked out because I was re-reading them.
But THIS audiobook -- oh how I LOVED this. To begin with, it's essentially a 2-hour audio version of a Doctor Who episode, which is just cheesy, campy, & lovely. (You don't go into it with high expectations in terms of plot or characterization, you go in to it planning to be entertained, which I was in spades.)
I also loved that it was narrated by David Tennant -- not only is he a great actor, but he really made this story come alive. It was nice that he used his native Scottish accent for the general narration, & then affected other voices & accents for the different characters. His voice is easy to listen & pay attention to, & it helped that it really sounded like he was playing his character from the show.
I also really liked the audio effects & music -- even though they weren't constant, they came through in really effective ways, & made it feel much more like an audio drama than a plain old audio book.
The only reason it comes down to 4 stars for me is because I was just...not into the sexism. Two of the characters are women & are fine, but then the third is portrayed as extremely hysterical, wimpy, & vapid. (She's a biology student, & presumably had to at least know her shit to be in the position she is, but we never see that.)
I guess the one other issue I had was that the characterization was weak for some of the male characters -- I mixed up a few of them since they didn't have strong enough distinguishing attributes. Which wouldn't be a problem in a visual medium, but in a verbal/audial medium, it did make things a bit confusing.
Overall, really really enjoyed, & I'm going to be trying out more Doctor Who audiobooks in the future!
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January 2, 2024Currently updating my reads for the end of 2023, I listened to this and a bunch of other Big Finish Doctor tales (some twice) towards the end of the year, mostly because I was too busy thinking about other things to focus on new stories and the comfort of the familiar voices was a welcome relief from other stresses. Unfortunately I have left it too long to give any story-specific details, but I will inevitably listen to these many more times in future and will hopefully be able to say something more substantial. Suffice it to say that these are just excellent. Production quality is top notch and the storylines are as good and sometimes even better than the TV episodes.
June 18, 2018
Well, that was like watching a Doctor Who episode; fast-paced and exciting. It was quite enjoyable. And David Tennant, was as usual brilliant as the Doctor.
The Doctor comes to Earth in the future in a time of massive food shortage and barren land where nothing grows. A group of scientists at the Grange are trying get crops to grow. Karl Baring, the owner of the facility goes missing one day when he was out with his sister, Katie. She is found by the road by the Doctor and brought back to the Grange. She is in shock from the experience and the Doctor gets on the case to try and figure out what happened.
It's an audiobook only and it wasn't unnecessarily long. It was just right. Must listen to all Doctor Who fans. :)
The Doctor comes to Earth in the future in a time of massive food shortage and barren land where nothing grows. A group of scientists at the Grange are trying get crops to grow. Karl Baring, the owner of the facility goes missing one day when he was out with his sister, Katie. She is found by the road by the Doctor and brought back to the Grange. She is in shock from the experience and the Doctor gets on the case to try and figure out what happened.
It's an audiobook only and it wasn't unnecessarily long. It was just right. Must listen to all Doctor Who fans. :)
December 18, 2021
Great fun and narrated by David Tennant!
February 18, 2024
I love Doctor Who and listening to this made me feel like a child again. It wasn't a novel. In fact it felt more like a radio play or radio show. Told by David Tennant. It was such a good book.
May 10, 2017
My first book by Simon Messingham. Hello Simon Messingham, I'm here to judge you!
This book was okay.
It took place in Apocalypse England set in 2073 (how that's the far future I don't know). The planet was completely barren, no crops, no water kind of thing. There was a small group led by a rich guy (Karl) trying to attempt a new method to grow food in England. The Doctor popped in when Karl and and his sister, Katy, go to check on something. Karl goes missing under a bridge, and Katy freaks out and runs into the Time Lord.
Basically... The scientists get sabotaged by the higher-ups and there's this plant that has been growing under the earth for billions of years and ends up taking over Karl and the Grange, etc.
The troll, the monster-of-the-week... was a plant. It annoyed me that the monster kept getting called a troll even though scientists and the Doctor recognized it as a plant.
I felt like it was a Who story that has been told again and again. The only slight new spin on this tale was that there was a ghost story atmosphere to this.
Even Tennant's reading didn't add much to this story. And I love Tennant.
This book was okay.
It took place in Apocalypse England set in 2073 (how that's the far future I don't know). The planet was completely barren, no crops, no water kind of thing. There was a small group led by a rich guy (Karl) trying to attempt a new method to grow food in England. The Doctor popped in when Karl and and his sister, Katy, go to check on something. Karl goes missing under a bridge, and Katy freaks out and runs into the Time Lord.
Basically... The scientists get sabotaged by the higher-ups and there's this plant that has been growing under the earth for billions of years and ends up taking over Karl and the Grange, etc.
The troll, the monster-of-the-week... was a plant. It annoyed me that the monster kept getting called a troll even though scientists and the Doctor recognized it as a plant.
I felt like it was a Who story that has been told again and again. The only slight new spin on this tale was that there was a ghost story atmosphere to this.
Even Tennant's reading didn't add much to this story. And I love Tennant.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 12, 2011
I enjoyed this story a lot, and as usual David Tennant's narration elevates the tale from good to fantastic. It is a thrill to hear the Doctor's authentic voice and all of the other voices and the narration are delivered with spirit in a pleasing variety of accents.
There are not many stories in which the 10th Doctor doesn't have a companion at the outset. These are Rose, Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Water of Mars and The End of Time. But in all these stories he soon meets (or meets again) someone who helps him.
Midnight is a really interesting story because he's on his own and we can see how people treat him differently and he perhaps behaves differently without a companion by his side.
This story was also good for that reason. There are a number of other characters but for once, nobody rises to the occasion to help him out. They're all really scared. I thought it was a refreshing change to see how he dealt with people when he didn't have a regular or temporary intrepid sidekick.
There are not many stories in which the 10th Doctor doesn't have a companion at the outset. These are Rose, Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Water of Mars and The End of Time. But in all these stories he soon meets (or meets again) someone who helps him.
Midnight is a really interesting story because he's on his own and we can see how people treat him differently and he perhaps behaves differently without a companion by his side.
This story was also good for that reason. There are a number of other characters but for once, nobody rises to the occasion to help him out. They're all really scared. I thought it was a refreshing change to see how he dealt with people when he didn't have a regular or temporary intrepid sidekick.
February 14, 2010
David Tennant is an amazing narrator!
This story pushes a lot of buttons and does it to great effect. With a creepy monster under the bridge and the freezing silence of a future Britain crippled and empty you will shiver. This audio book is fun and intense, made for those who like a good thriller. To me this Doctor Who audio book is one of the good ones, I'll definitely be giving it a re-listen in the near future.
***
Oh, and before i forget! Don't listen to this when your in the dark (or alone) haha.
I was walking home with this playing on my ipod tonight, and i swear I've never got home faster in my life. =P
This story pushes a lot of buttons and does it to great effect. With a creepy monster under the bridge and the freezing silence of a future Britain crippled and empty you will shiver. This audio book is fun and intense, made for those who like a good thriller. To me this Doctor Who audio book is one of the good ones, I'll definitely be giving it a re-listen in the near future.
***
Oh, and before i forget! Don't listen to this when your in the dark (or alone) haha.
I was walking home with this playing on my ipod tonight, and i swear I've never got home faster in my life. =P
July 12, 2016
This story has a solid atmospheric beginning as the head of a research effort in a post-Second Ice age in Britain disappears and his sister is left babbling incoherent as a strange monster emerges and members of the research team begin to disappear.
The story builds a great sense of mystery but does eventually become a somewhat standard base under siege story with a solo Tenth Doctor. This is somewhat appropriate given that the tale feels like a follow-up to the Second Doctor Story, The Ice Warriors. Overall, a decent story, if a bit standard.
The story builds a great sense of mystery but does eventually become a somewhat standard base under siege story with a solo Tenth Doctor. This is somewhat appropriate given that the tale feels like a follow-up to the Second Doctor Story, The Ice Warriors. Overall, a decent story, if a bit standard.
March 22, 2019
It was better than I imagined, really. Took me a while to finish it because audiobooks aren't really my thing. The plot was fairly good, the characters were great. I just wish there was a companion with the Doctor: not that he need it, though. Also, David Tennant's reading was spectacular.
After reading it for the second time, I realized how much I love Petra. (I hope that's how her name was written) She was scared, and she couldn't challenge the authority but she was so kind.
After reading it for the second time, I realized how much I love Petra. (I hope that's how her name was written) She was scared, and she couldn't challenge the authority but she was so kind.
August 28, 2017
Quite dark for a Doctor Who story - not really one for young fans.
January 12, 2016
Loved hearing David Tennant's voice for two hours. The story was just 'eh'.
January 12, 2024
It was a nice book but I’m just a bit confused on the worldbuilding.
This is set hundreds of years into the future where scientists have figured out how to reverse the effects of climate change, but in doing so caused a massive drought in England, making it become an uninhabitable wasteland.
When the book is explaining that it was like “England this, England that” without addressing the rest of the UK. I didn’t pay much attention to it because like Holland and the Netherlands, people say “England” when they are talking about the whole of the UK. But there was one quote where it said “the southern half of the UK was a barren wasteland”, (Which sounds like me when I try to up the word count on an essay by overcomplicating it). That has heavy implications that Scotland isn’t a barren wasteland, but they never actually mentioned it. Even when the characters were coming up with solutions to fix the drought, they didn’t mention Scotland at all even though it was definitely relevant.
The WHOLE plot now doesn’t really make sense in my mind because it doesn’t actually specify what the problem is.
This is set hundreds of years into the future where scientists have figured out how to reverse the effects of climate change, but in doing so caused a massive drought in England, making it become an uninhabitable wasteland.
When the book is explaining that it was like “England this, England that” without addressing the rest of the UK. I didn’t pay much attention to it because like Holland and the Netherlands, people say “England” when they are talking about the whole of the UK. But there was one quote where it said “the southern half of the UK was a barren wasteland”, (Which sounds like me when I try to up the word count on an essay by overcomplicating it). That has heavy implications that Scotland isn’t a barren wasteland, but they never actually mentioned it. Even when the characters were coming up with solutions to fix the drought, they didn’t mention Scotland at all even though it was definitely relevant.
The WHOLE plot now doesn’t really make sense in my mind because it doesn’t actually specify what the problem is.
March 11, 2023
I read (well, listened) to this when I had a spare credit to spend on Audible, and when it was part of a 2-for-1 offer that included a compilation of Dr Who stories.
This was the 5th (of 7) entries in that compilation, and the second to be read/performed by the 10th Doctor himself, David Tennant.
In this, the Doctor is travelling solo - I don't know where it sits in relation to his companions (before Martha? After?), and finds himself on planet Earth (again) in a not-that-distant future, where the planet has undergone a man-made 'global cooling' event to try to stop global warming, which has resulted in nothing growing any more in England, now a barren wasteland.
When a scientist goes missing and said scientist sister in catatonic shock (except to say 'under the bridge'), it's up the the Doctor to investigate ...
Helped a bit by the sound effects, and by Tennat's narration, this is one of those read(listen)-and-forget novels, really.
This was the 5th (of 7) entries in that compilation, and the second to be read/performed by the 10th Doctor himself, David Tennant.
In this, the Doctor is travelling solo - I don't know where it sits in relation to his companions (before Martha? After?), and finds himself on planet Earth (again) in a not-that-distant future, where the planet has undergone a man-made 'global cooling' event to try to stop global warming, which has resulted in nothing growing any more in England, now a barren wasteland.
When a scientist goes missing and said scientist sister in catatonic shock (except to say 'under the bridge'), it's up the the Doctor to investigate ...
Helped a bit by the sound effects, and by Tennat's narration, this is one of those read(listen)-and-forget novels, really.
October 9, 2019
I loved this audiobook!
The Doctor Who audiobooks are so much fun, especially the ones that are read by the actors from the show. David Tennant played the tenth Doctor. He was my favourite one! I love the way he reads the audiobooks. He switches between his real accent and the voice he uses for the character of the Doctor seamlessly. It was very entertaining.
This story was creepy. A mysterious troll-like creature came up from the ground and terrorized a research facility in a futuristic Earth. The secret behind the troll becomes a bedtime story, where children were told not to go under the bridge where the troll could get them. This story plays on our childhood fears. Even though it’s science fiction, it was highly relatable.
This is a great audiobook!
The Doctor Who audiobooks are so much fun, especially the ones that are read by the actors from the show. David Tennant played the tenth Doctor. He was my favourite one! I love the way he reads the audiobooks. He switches between his real accent and the voice he uses for the character of the Doctor seamlessly. It was very entertaining.
This story was creepy. A mysterious troll-like creature came up from the ground and terrorized a research facility in a futuristic Earth. The secret behind the troll becomes a bedtime story, where children were told not to go under the bridge where the troll could get them. This story plays on our childhood fears. Even though it’s science fiction, it was highly relatable.
This is a great audiobook!
September 7, 2021
Poorly written. Hateful. Racist. Misogynistic. No LGBTQIA2S ppl here.
All the women are scared and whimpering. The doctor tells them to shut up on multiple occasions. All the men are jerks but still seen as capable.
One man is described as West African every time he's mentioned. Sometimes no name, just "the South African headed for his car", or whatever. Vile.
The resolution was weird.
Just an extremely bad showing all 'round.
All the women are scared and whimpering. The doctor tells them to shut up on multiple occasions. All the men are jerks but still seen as capable.
One man is described as West African every time he's mentioned. Sometimes no name, just "the South African headed for his car", or whatever. Vile.
The resolution was weird.
Just an extremely bad showing all 'round.
July 21, 2020
Warning!
If you have the audiobook, DO NOT LISTEN AT NIGHT.
That trolls voice is something else! So scary.
What an adventure! I did like this book.
My favourite Doctor, read by the man himself.
I liked the characters and thought the plot line was engaging.
I did guess some of the reveals before time but just made me feel like I’d be an awesome assistant 😂
If you have the audiobook, DO NOT LISTEN AT NIGHT.
That trolls voice is something else! So scary.
What an adventure! I did like this book.
My favourite Doctor, read by the man himself.
I liked the characters and thought the plot line was engaging.
I did guess some of the reveals before time but just made me feel like I’d be an awesome assistant 😂
May 8, 2018
I could listen to anything read by David Tennant! Honestly, he should narrate every audio book! The book itself was ok. Nothing extraordinary and rather predictable, but still listening to Tennant read it makes it all worth it!
December 14, 2025
3 stars. Excellent audiobook. David Tennant as always did an amazing job narrating but the plot and side characters weren't all that great. The trolls had some creepy moments but overall this felt like if it were an actual episode of the show and be one of those filler ones.
September 15, 2017
(Audiobook) I found myself in "Ten" withdrawal, and this horror-tinged short story narrated by David Tennant definitely fit the bill.
September 22, 2017
4.5 stars rounded up for David Tennant's narration.
May 10, 2018
Story 2/5
Narration 4/5
Narration 4/5
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October 18, 2018Creepy trolls eating people? This story got them, and it's good.
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