The Star Beast Novelisation
BOOK DETAILS
Pages | 160 |
ISBN | 1785948458 |
Publication Date | 11 January 2024 |
SYNOPSIS
A life-changing encounter. A fugitive from the stars. Wrathful warriors in pursuit.
Landing on Earth, The Doctor finds a stranded alien in need of protection – and is dragged headlong into the life of his old friend Donna Noble, knowing that if she ever remembers their time together, she will die…
Based on a script by Russell T Davies, this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
NOTES
CHAPTER TITLES
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The Hunt
The Star Beast
The Psychedelic Sun
Hour of the Beast
Revenge of the Wrarth
Countdown to Apocalypse
Here We Go Again
DEVIATIONS FROM THE TELEVISED STORY
- The opening sequence of The Doctor and Donna breaking the fourth wall is omitted.
- The Doctor implies that the TARDIS kicked him out.
- The milkman who appeared in The Stolen Earth, here named as Stew Ferguson, is given a central role in the story.
- The exact state of Donna’s memories after having everything related to The Doctor removed is expanded on;
- From Donna’s perspective, Lance Bennett simply disappeared on their wedding day, and her family removed all mention of him from her social media.
- Sylvia, Shaun and Wilf banned all mention of science fiction to prevent Donna being at risk of remembering The Doctor.
- The ringleader of the lads who harass Rose is given the full name Callum Wingate.
- Fudge and Rose mention their friend Sharon Allen.
- Fudge notes the Wrath Warriors he encountered came out of Mrs Higgins’ garden.
- There is more of Fudge providing a running commentary on events to Sharon over the phone.
- The novelisation includes a female UNIT sergeant named Vaughan, who acts as Colonel Chan’s aide and is the one who comes to the Nobles’ front door in this version.
- The sleeping man The Doctor and company pass is named as Billy MacPherson, a friend of Stew who has a tendency to sleep through alien incidents.
- Instead of them being cut off, Rose’s insists her family go back to help and join up with Shirley.
- Shaun and Sylvia witness Rose’s becoming part of the metacrisis earlier than it is revealed on screen.
- It is mentioned that the Wrarth Warriors are working under the authority of Judge Scraggs.
- Fudge is state to be working towards a new controller for his PlayStation.
- The Doctor directs UNIT to take the Meep into custody shortly before the second group of Wrath Warriors arrive to take over.
- The leader of the second group of Wrath Warriors is named as Captain Zagran.
- There are a number of fictional documents between the chapters, such as an exchange between Rose and her customer and a Wikipedia-esque article on Meepkind.
- The Doctor pretends to be about to hug Sylvia near the climax.
- Sylvia, Shaun and Rose’s reaction to the TARDIS going out of control is omitted.