"Doctor Who" and the Cave Monsters (Classic Novels)

Hulke, Malcolm

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9781405677998: "Doctor Who" and the Cave Monsters (Classic Novels)

ISBN 10: 1405677996 ISBN 13: 9781405677998

Publisher: BBC Physical Audio, 2007

All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station: there are unaccountable losses of power-output; nervous breakdowns amongst the staff; and then - a death! UNIT is called in, and the Brigadier is soon joined by Doctor Who and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men - Silurians - and a 40 ft. high Tyrannosaurus rex, the biggest, most savage mammal which ever trod the Earth! Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in the original TV serial "Doctor Who and the Silurians", reads Malcolm Hulke's complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974. 'They're well-written books - adventure stories of course, but with some thought...the creation of the character of the Doctor had a touch of genius about it.' - "Westminster Press".

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Book Description:

The Third Doctor and UNIT battle the Silurians, in a new edition of a Doctor Who classic

From the Back Cover:

Okdel looked across the valley to see the tip of the sun as it
sank below the horizon. It was the last time he was to see the
sun for a hundred million years.

UNIT is called in to investigate security at a secret research centre buried
under Wenley Moor. Unknown to the Doctor and his colleagues, the work
at the centre has woken a group of Silurians - intelligent reptiles that
used to be the dominant life form on Earth in prehistoric times.

Now they have woken, the Silurians are appalled to find 'their' planet
populated by upstart apes. The Doctor hopes to negotiate a peace deal,
but there are those on both sides who cannot bear the thought of humans
and Silurians living together. As UNIT soldiers enter the cave systems,
and the Silurians unleash a deadly plague that could wipe out the human
race, the battle for planet Earth begins.

This novel is based on 'The Silurians', a Doctor Who story
which was originally broadcast from
31 January-14 March 1970.

Featuring the Third Doctor as played by Jon Pertwee, his companion
Liz Shaw and the UNIT organisation commanded by Brigadier
Lethbridge-Stewart.

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