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Doctor Who: Corpse Marker

A 4th Doctor novel

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Doctor Who: Corpse Marker

By: Chris Boucher
Narrated by: David Collings
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Summary

An unabridged reading of an original adventure featuring the Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker, and his companion, Leela.

The Doctor and Leela arrive on the planet Kaldor, where they find a society dependent on benign and obedient robots. But they have faced these robots before, on a huge Sandminer in the Kaldor desert, and know they are not always harmless servants....The only other people who know the truth are the three survivors from that Sandminer - and now they are being picked off one by one.

The twisted genius behind that massacre is dead, but someone is developing a new, deadlier breed of robots. This time, unless the Doctor and Leela can stop them, they really will destroy the world....

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Has Doctor Who: Corpse Marker put you off other books in this genre?

Dyed in the wool Whovian...If "Time Lash" or "Greatest Show in the Galaxy" didn't put me off, then this damned well won't

Which character – as performed by David Collings – was your favourite?

errrmmmm all much of a muchness

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My biggest problems with this book are that it doesn't feel like a Doctor Who book. And for all the fact it is a sequel to Robots of Death it could actually have taken place anywhere. Toos, Poole and Uvanov are the only links to the past story, the robots, as far as I can see the only reason to revisit the planet at all, are so evolved past the originals its equivalent to leaping from Sputnik to Hubble without going through any of the technological revolutions required to actually get there.Where oh Where is D84 when you need him?

Where oh Where is D84?

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This novel is a sequel to the 1977 Doctor Who serial, Robots of Death. Corpse Marker is very well written by Chrish Boucher (the original writer of Robots of Death) and very well read by David Collings (one of the actors from that serial), though it will make much more sense of you have actually seen Robots of Death.
Once again there is a robot uprising, and once again the fourth Doctor and Leela are drawn in to the fray!
Well worth a listen for classic Doctor Who fans, or indeed people wanting high concept science fiction.

Corpse Marker of Death

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loved this story; confusion abounds with intreague around every corner. definitely Dr who on top form with several twists.

Roberts

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What a stunning continuation of the original which I saw as a child in 1979. The continuity is brilliant and the themes expanded in a way which acknowledges our entirely reasonable concerns with battle robots (Unmanned aircraft have been able to continue missions for a decade now) and AI. This is some of the most fulfilling Dr Who I’ve ever listened to as well as being fiendishly complex. What a delight.

A grown up continuation of the Robots of Death.

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still an enjoyable story but could have been so much better.

The narrator did a good job of keeping the suspense ticking along BUT unlike most of the other narrators I've heard of Dr Who audios (and the best audiobooks in general) he doesn't differentiate enough between the different characters. He never makes the 4th Dr "come alive".

The story itself is a sequel to Robots of Death and it certainly helps if you have seen that story. If you haven't, it may be a bit bewildering at times (that's fine, check out the story - it's very good).

There's many many excellent Dr Who novels out there which sideline the Doctor, and this is one of them. However, the better ones do it by filling the "Doctor Gap" with truly interesting and distinctive characters. This is where this story falls down. The author clearly wants to tell a pseudo sci fi political thriller about conspiracy theories, robots and political intrigue and that's what he does. Fine, except it feels like that with the Doctor and Leela "dropped in". Admittedly, Leela's character did feel true to her TV depiction. But otherwise there were just too many characters and I lost track of who was who.

Glad I listened to it. It's not the Worst Doctor Who story by a mile. There's many worse, there's just many better. It passes the time, and it's always enjoyable to catch up with the Doctor and Leela. It's not a 5 star but I'd still give it a 3.

So So Doctor Who but worth a listen

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