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| Author | James Goss |
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| Series | Doctor Who book: New Series Adventures |
Release number | 52 |
| Subject | Featuring: Twelfth Doctor Clara Oswald |
| Set in | Period between "Listen" and "In the Forest of the Night" |
| Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | 11 September 2014 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84990-774-3 |
| Preceded by | Engines of War |
| Followed by | Silhouette |
The Blood Cell is aBBC Books original novel written byJames Goss and based on the long-running Britishscience fiction television seriesDoctor Who. It features theTwelfth Doctor andClara Oswald. The book was released on 11 September 2014 along withSilhouette andThe Crawling Terror.[1]
The Blood Cell gained generally positive reviews, calling it an "effective chiller".[2] Most of them commented the unusual way of narration from the first-person perspective of the administrator of the prison in which the book is set known as the Governor.[2][3][4] More grim and darker tone is also noted.[2][4] The interaction between the Doctor and the Governor is described as "a good mix and an interesting double act".[3] Goss nailed the bantering love/hate relationship of the Doctor and Clara,[5] capturing the bickering between the pair.[4] Peter Capaldi's Doctor is pretty recognisable,[5] the author captures his "ornery portrayal extremely well",[2] and the Twelfth Doctor's intellect as well as his sarcastic side with the "lashings of the amusing fish-out-of-water Time Lord" is portrayed accurately.[3] As for Clara, Goss "captured her quiet determination well"[2] and was praised for "an absolute hold on the character, really getting inside her head and nailing her characterisation perfectly".[3]
| Author | James Goss |
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| Audio read by | Colin McFarlane |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Subject | Featuring: Twelfth Doctor Clara Oswald |
| Publisher | BBC Audio |
Publication date | 13 November 2014 |
| Media type | Audiobook Audio CD (5 Hours 56 Mins) |
| ISBN | 978-1-910281-73-4 |
The audio addition to the book was released on 13 November 2014, read byColin McFarlane who played General Austin Pierce inTorchwood: Children of Earth and guest starred in theDoctor Who episodes "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood" as Moran.[6] This was the first new series audio to be released sinceAudioGo went into administration in 2013.