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Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
- 4th Doctor Novel
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
An unabridged reading of the brand-new novel based on a storyline by Douglas Adams.
The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by 11 figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.
Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other lifeforms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could be opened only with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles - to human eyes, at least - an oversized set of cricket stumps....
From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes....
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- matthew
- 17-07-18
A great listen
Very well narrated and very engaging story I really was drawn into it, if you like Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy you will like this.
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- Andreya Teasdale
- 02-02-20
Adored it!
I loved this! A Hitchhiker's and Who fan's dream!! Even my dad loved this book!!
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- Judgecal
- 21-02-18
HHGTTG Part 3.5
It reads like another installment of Hitchhiker's Guide, which it should. Dan Starkey's voices are superb throughout and really make it a very fun performance, including his Tom Baker impersonation.
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- Emily
- 10-10-20
A bit drawn out but still a good listen
Firstly I have to congratulate Dan Starkey on his fabulous impression of the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker himself could have been reading the part! The story, was most definitely a Douglas Adams one, with Jon Goss's influence, even without looking ahead at the chapter headings (although I did like them, especially chap 42, The Meaning of Life). All in all an enjoyable listen, but recommend it more to those people who enjoy the style of Douglas Adams.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-02-18
Fantastic! Douglas would be rightly proud.
A brilliant adaptation that captures the wit and conceptual genius of the much missed Mr Adams. Dan Starkey's narration is sublime. Not only does he deliver the Doctor's lines with intonations that will have John Culshaw revising his pension options his other characterisations hold many a gem; I don't know if Douglas had envisaged the Great Khan to be portrayed by Brian Blessed, but if he had not been available, Dan could have covered without anyone noticing.
Anyone who has already experienced the kernel of this story in either of it's previous regenerations; Adams novel "Life, the Universe and Everything", or it's equally well realised radio adaptation need not disregard this with epithets regarding places already visited, tasks undertaken and shortsleeved tops purchased. This, as with it's similarly recycled stablemate, Shada, has plenty of new content to tickle one's synapses.
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- Screaming Flower
- 16-05-19
Excellent
Really enjoyed this. Didn't feel like nearly 10 hours. Loads of aliens and K9 was brilliant. Very well read too. Highly recommend!
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- Kerry P
- 11-06-22
Glorious and joyful
Oh my word - what a treat this is! If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, it’s worth a listen. If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams it’s absolutely worth a listen. If you’re a fan of Doctor Who AND Douglas Adams, it’s essential. If you’re not a fan of Doctor Who or Douglas Adams then why are you reading a review of a Doctor Who story by Douglas Adams? Go outside and do something else! Maybe play a spot of cricket?
Dan Starkey’s narration is superb and his Fourth Doctor, in particular, is spectacularly good.
James Goss has done a superb job of this as it is absolutely 100% Douglas’s voice. It’s so authentically him. I sincerely believe that Goss must have missed every deadline for submitting his work - it’s THAT authentically Douglas.
I definitely recommend buying this right now and listening to it immediately before the end of the universe. You won’t regret it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-04-21
Dr who hitches!
I found this just two much like the style of hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. It was too comic for my liking and too silly in places. Far too long, but the story does have merit with its twists and turns, just don't get lost in the corridors!
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- Mrs K Johnson
- 18-05-21
Brilliant, funny and perfectly narrated!
Absolutely loved this story. It was funny without being silly, but also for me had a lot of adventure. The story flowed really well and the excellent Dan Starkey brought all the charactures to life.
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- Frankie Mouse
- 08-02-18
A fun story but seems awfully familiar....
This is, as Shada was before it, one of the stories that DNA re hashed in another franchise.
Where as Shada was a good Doctor who series that translated into a good Dirk Gently novel
Dr Who and the Krikkitmen doesn't really work as a doctor who story but is superb as a hitchhiker's installment.
To me its feels as if a copy of life the universe and everything fell through a timewarp and was badly plagiarised as a Dr who story.
Much of the dialogue and many situations just don't gel with the characters from the Dr who universe.
It felt like the doctor had been shoe horned into someone else's story.
The entire plot of private life of Genghis khan was much better as the short story and Kakapo are better described in last chance to see.
All on all this is a fun story with some cracking jokes they just sound like the are coming from the wrong people.
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