Doctor Who Scratchman
In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making.
The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures – hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn’t go to plan – the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them.
With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, The Doctor must battle an ancient force from another dimension, one who claims to be the Devil. Scratchman wants to know what The Doctor is most afraid of and the Doctor’s worst nightmares are coming out to play…
Tom Baker himself reads this legendary Doctor Who adventure, a spine-chilling thriller forty years in the making.
Now, after many failed attempts to bring the story to screen over the years (and a few decades where the script languished, forgotten in an archive) Scratchman is finally coming to life in a new novel written by Baker.
“I love the improbability of Doctor Who, ” the actor and author said in a release.
“Reason plays no part at all. As in religion, the overriding thing is faith. It may be improbable, but just believe in it and it’ll all come right.”
“When I was approached about the book, I thought, ‘Why not?’” he went on.
“I’m always on the lookout for a novelty. I’m very enthusiastic as I get close to darkness.”
Scratchman is set to be released in hardback in January, as is described by BBC books as “a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost 40 years in the making.”
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