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| Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain (Doctor Who) | 
| Author: Justin Richards
Publisher: BBC Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 176630
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0563486376
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780563486374
ASIN: 0563486376
Publication Date: January 11, 2006
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The Doctor, Rose and Capt. Jack fight back! February 9, 2008
Pick up a distress call, push a button on the TARDIS console. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, you could end up at an abandoned Soviet naval base in the frozen Novrosk Peninsula, where a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines are slowly rusting and falling apart. Plus the locals inhabitants are being killed off by someone or something.
The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack soon find out the danger isn't the nuclear reactors or the Russian special forces team that arrives.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, because it has all of my favorite heroes and more. The plot takes twists and turns you won't expect, plus a new villan and you get a better understanding of Captain Jack.
Besides, don't you want to know who pushed that button on the TARDIS console?
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The story itself is great. It has plot twists that keep it interesting, a few original characters to liven things up, a mystery to be solved, and some good, old fashioned, creepy monsters. The setting is unusual--a tiny, mostly abandoned village on the icy coast of Russia, with empty nuclear submarines as the eerie backdrop for an alien invasion.
It has some tense moments, and some gross moments, and it is descriptive enough to make you shiver as you read it. Overall, I'd say that the monsters are tame enough for older kids to enjoy, while the plot is just complex enough that adults should enjoy it as well.
I did have one problem with it, though. While it's an excellent sci-fi/monster story, it isn't really a "Doctor Who" story. It stars the Ninth Doctor, Captain Jack, and Rose, but the names seemed almost like a coincidence. Most of the time, they didn't act like themselves. In the show, the three of them have distinctive personalities, which is what made them so popular--the Doctor's bragging and quick-talking bravado, the lovely banter between the Doctor and Rose, Jack's legendary flirting, the amazing chemistry between all three of them. But there was very little in this book to replicate that. I enjoyed reading the story, but when I'd finished, I was struck with the thought that they appeared to be generic characters labeled "Jack", "Rose", and "The Doctor".
So, if you want a mildly creepy sci-fi adventure, this is a great book! But if you want a true "Doctor Who" story, something that really portrays the Doctor, Jack, and Rose as themselves, try one of the other books, or look online for fan-fiction.
Entertaining August 7, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Justin Richards writes pretty entertaining Doctor Who novels. This one, featuring the 9th Doctor, is not as complex in plot as his The Burning, but it has its moments. Campy, featuring glowing, tentacled monsters and the living dead, he and Rose once more work their magic in solving a mystery and saving the world from destruction.
Opening with Captain Jack responding to a distress signal, the three become "morally obliged" to find the source of the problem and help those in trouble. The signal leads them to an isolated village in northern Russia not long after the fall of the Soviet Union. It's a time of paranoia following another time of paranoia, with weapons lying about from the latter. However, the ensuing struggle is not one over opposing ideologies, unless one includes the simple desire to survive.
More like a novella, The Deviant Strain is a quick read, fun and sometimes witty. These small BBC hardbacks are fun to have, although often hard to come by in local bookstores. For those who enjoyed the TV production with the 9th Doctor, they continue the adventures we've grown fond of.
 Fantastic!! July 5, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This, like all the ninth doctor books is a quick read. It moves along at a pretty good pace (sort of like an extended episode), won't bore you with too many details (i.e. the science behind stuff), and let's you get a little more Capt. Jack.
This one takes place in modern times and has the most "X Files" feel to it then the previous ones. I do like that they are mixing up eras in the books, and visiting more different planets then the series.
If you like the series, you'll enjoy the books.
Runaround February 3, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A fairly standard runaround from Justin Richards. Although aimed at a younger audience than the Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor books, ther eis still a lot of pleasure to be had here.
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