Doctor Who: Sleepers In The Dust

Jones, Darren

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9781445891736: Doctor Who: Sleepers In The Dust

ISBN 10: 1445891735 ISBN 13: 9781445891736

Publisher: BBC Books, 2012

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Arthur Darvill reads this exclusive audio adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy, and Rory

The TARDIS touches down on Nadurniss, a planet under quarantine. A joint Nadurni/human mission has recently landed on the planet to survey it for possible recolonization. Two millennia have passed since the Nadurni Empire fell at the end of the Prokarian War, and Nadurniss seems to be a lifeless, barren world but a mysterious illness is infecting the Nadurni, and now the whole team is in danger.

The nature of the infection becomes clear when the sickest Nadurni dies and an amorphous creature emerges from its dried-up body. A shambling mound of bacteria, acting as one being a Prokarian it has been on the planet all along, sleeping in the dust.

As the Prokarians attack, Amy is infected. The Doctor can do nothing to help her until he realizes that the cure could lie in the past. He and Rory must travel back more than two thousand years to try and save her life.

Written specially for audio by Darren Jones, "Sleepers in the Dust "features the Doctor, Amy, and Rory as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television. It is read by Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory."

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About the Author:

Darren Jones has written several Doctor Who audio adventures, including The Eye of the Jungle, Sleepers in the Dust and Destiny of the Doctor: Death's Deal. A former film editor, he currently works as a screenwriter,with credits including Frankenstein's Cat, Peter Rabbit and Tree Fu Tom. His episode of the animated series Zou won the Children's Jury Prize in the Animated Television Programme category at the 2012 Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

Review:

"The tale is narrated in the first person by Rory, and with Arthur Darvill revisiting his role, this is a very effective reading. Evocative sound effects bring the scenes in the present, and Nadurniss' past, vividly to life... a very welcome addition to the canon of Amy and Rory's travels" -- Stephen Elsden * http://www.scifind.com *

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