Camille Coduri reads this completely new novelisation from the Tenth Doctor’s first adventure. Earth is certainly under assault by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the physician to become out of actions.

When a British space probe is intercepted with a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Xmas, it marks the start of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax – horrifying marauders from over and above the stars. Within hours, a third of mankind stands over the brink of death with not really a single shot terminated. about Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion: 10th Doctor Novelisation

Our planet requires a champ – however the Doctor isn’t fit for assistance. He’s simply regenerated, delirious in a new body and a dressing dress. Forced into his battered sneakers can be his friend, Rose Tyler, a girl from a London council estate. Will she conserve the world from this headache before Xmas – or see it destroyed?

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Novelisation copyright © Jenny T. Colgan 2018

Primary script copyright © Russell T Davies 2005

Cover illustration by Anthony Dry

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Reading produced by Neil Gardner

Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd

Sound design by David Darlington

Professional producer: Michael Stevens

TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson

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Editorial Movie director: Albert DePetrillo

Project Editor: Steve Cole

Cover design: Two Associates

Cover illustration: Anthony Dry out

Doctor Who have: The Xmas Invasion initial published by BBC Books in 2018