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Author | Stephen Cole |
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Series | Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 54 |
Subject | Featuring: First Doctor Ben andPolly |
Set in | Period between The Smugglers andThe Tenth Planet[1][2] |
Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | June 2002 |
Pages | 281 |
ISBN | 0-563-53853-8 |
Preceded by | Warmonger |
Followed by | Combat Rock |
Ten Little Aliens is aBBC Books original novel written byStephen Cole and based on the long-running Britishscience fiction television seriesDoctor Who. It features theFirst Doctor,Ben andPolly.
Ten Little Aliens was re-released in 2013 for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.
InInterzone, Matt Hills writes, "The novel's major premise is sharply executed: the corpses of "most wanted" alien terrorists mysteriously return to life in order to attack an elite military squad sent to hunt them down. [...] Cole's plotting is strong, and the novel also hits home via its quirky stylistic choices: introducing military characters very economically through their comments on the Schirr enemy, and pausing for a "Make Your Own Adventure"-style interlude where one has to navigate through the different viewpoints of a neural network."[3]