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  • By: Steven Moffatt
  • Narrated by: Nicholas Briggs
  • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (229 ratings)
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By: Steven Moffatt
Narrated by: Nicholas Briggs
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Summary

Nicholas Briggs reads the brand-new novelisation of the spectacular 50th anniversary TV episode. When the entire universe is at stake, three different Doctors will unite to save it. 

The Tenth Doctor is hunting shape-shifting Zygons in Elizabethan England. The Eleventh is investigating a rift in space-time in the present day. And one other - the man they used to be but never speak of - is fighting the Daleks in the darkest days of the Time War. Driven by demons and despair, this battle-scarred Doctor is set to take a devastating decision that will threaten the survival of the entire universe...a decision that not even a Time Lord can take alone. 

On this day, the Doctor’s different incarnations will come together to save the Earth...to save the universe...and to save his soul.

Novelisation copyright © Steven Moffat 2018
Original script copyright © Steven Moffat 2013

Cover illustration by Anthony Dry

BBC logo © BBC 1996
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014

For BBC Worldwide:
Reading produced by Neil Gardner
Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd
Sound design by David Darlington
Executive producer: Michael Stevens
TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson

For BBC Books:
Editorial Director: Albert DePetrillo
Project Editor: Steve Cole
Cover design: Two Associates
Cover illustration: Anthony Dry 

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor first published by BBC Books in 2018

©2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Now could someone else have a go at writing this....

Oh dear. Confused, badly written, poorly considered, should have been SO much better for such a pivotal Doctor Who story that didn’t need the silliness or self indulgent writing of an author trying too hard to be the poor man’s Douglas Adams. A wasted opportunity and a waste of money.... Any chance of someone else having a go?

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Good expansion on the TV show

I really like that this book approached this story in a fun literary way and played around with the possiblities of a written narrative that weren't available to the TV show. This means that rather than being a poor copy of the show it is its own take on the story.
It uses the space of the novel to expand areas that suffered from the time constraints in the show format as well as playing around with the various reader/author interactions that work in the written word but not in acted drama. Great fun with both narration and multi points of view with a big dash of tongue in cheek timey wimey!
Moffat is a great writer who captures the actors' interpretations of the doctors in the book remarkably well and keeps the visuals as strong as in the show. There's also a really good balance of humour, silliness and seriousness which is Dr who at its best.
Briggs is a good reader though he struggles with Tennant and Smith at times (the first coming across as a gruff cockney and the latter a camp hipster which you could argue is accurate but isx two dimensional compared to the actors' nuanced performances). Briggs had Hurst spot on though and it is the war doctor's story so that's most important.
Above all it captures the elation and celebration of the anniversary story.

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Loved the narration

Love the silly we bits between chapters great way to make a long drive seem shorter

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Disappointing

I have been looking forward to listening to this but found it disappointing and difficult to follow had i not seen the episode it would have been almost impossible

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Just wish I could remember chapter 9 ;-)

Brilliant read as it fills in the gaps left in the TV episode. definitely recommend :-)

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lovers it

love the reading, great take on the episode. a certain recommendation. a must for any doctor who fan

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brilliant

listening to this book was as good as watching the episode on TV. I really enjoyed it. its really well written

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Sublime

Honestly, can't praise this highly enough. If you enjoyed the 50th anniversary TV special of Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor, you owe it to yourself to listen to this. It enhances the experience and gives you so much more.

Nicholas Briggs is the perfect choice of Narrator and gives the performance of a lifetime as all the other characters. Not a single one is not on point. Often when a reader attempts to do character voices it can be off-putting, especially when you already associate those voices with the actors who have portrayed them before. Not in this case. Briggs gets each and every one of them spot on.

Meanwhile, the author, Steven Moffat has excelled himself. The Day of the Doctor as it was shown on television was a stunning adventure, incorporating all there is to love and enjoy about modern day Doctor Who. You would not think it could be improved and yet the additions made in this book only go to enrich the story.

So glad I finally got around to listening in this, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary year. Can recommend highly enough.

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Too long and not easy to listen to

I am a lifelong Doctor Who fan. I struggled to enjoy the TV celebration as well. I hoped the story would improve in book version. It did have some great moments in, eg the Peter Cushing bit was funny. I do understand that the story was clever, but for this listener, not easy to follow. ☹️

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Overcooked

Thoroughly enjoyed this generally faithful adaptation of the TV special, it added enough to the exposition to fill in some plot holes, BUT the constant interruptions of the "narrator" character were annoying, distracting and pointless.
In fact, it totally ruined the end of the story for me, revealing that....SPOILERS!
Nick Briggs is a gifted (actual, irl) narrator. Perfect pacing, never dull or monotone. He was able to achieve passible impressions of the various Doctors, including Eccleston and Capaldi, and his John Hurt was a fine tribute to the much loved actor.
I assume the "narrator's comments" worked in print, where it is easy to skip past them, but it was really tedious to have to endure "cheeky" asides to the listener, incessant reference to "losing / regaining connection" or other 4th wall nonsense.
The sharp, witty script of the TV version is here padded, even bloated. The clever ending spoiled by far too many "1111/" repeated multiple (felt like 50) times.
I almost stopped listening there, and would have missed the payoff.
All that said, an enjoyable adaptation, if you can, unlike me, get past the "narrator's" dialogue breaking into the story.

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