Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror
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- Author：Mark Gatiss
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Summary
‘We must get to the bottom of this dark and queer business， no matter what the cost！ ’
Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire。 Something that kills。 Bodies are washing up in the canal， their skin a waxy， glowing red… But just what is this crimson horror？
Madam Vastra， Jenny and Strax are despatched to investigate the mystery。 Strangely reluctant to assist their enquiries is Mrs Winifred Gillyflower， matriarch of ‘Sweetville’， a seemingly utopian workers’ community。
Why do all roads lead to the team's old friends Clara and the Doctor？
Who is Mrs Gillyflower's mysterious silent partner Mr Sweet？
And will the motley gang be in time to defeat the mysterious power that threatens all the world with its poison？
Reviews
Book collector
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Victorian larks from the pen of mister mark gatiss， Esquire。 Based on his own script this is great fun。 It's well written and as you'd expect from him an excellent representation of the Victorian era。 I like the way this story has been expanded。 Instead of increasing the doctor's role within the story of the crimson horror the author instead opts to give us a new section， essentially a short story， of 60 pages that features the doctor， vastra and jenny set before the events of the battle of demo Victorian larks from the pen of mister mark gatiss， Esquire。 Based on his own script this is great fun。 It's well written and as you'd expect from him an excellent representation of the Victorian era。 I like the way this story has been expanded。 Instead of increasing the doctor's role within the story of the crimson horror the author instead opts to give us a new section， essentially a short story， of 60 pages that features the doctor， vastra and jenny set before the events of the battle of demon's run。 Its very funny and links into the main story。 I liked this idea as the crimson horror was a story that focused more on the characters of vastra， jenny and strax and extending the doctor and clara sequences， although it would have been welcome would also have detracted from the focus of the early part of the tale。 This story is a favourite of mine and the book does it justice。 The characters are captured perfectly and the book is a joy。 I just wish the rate of releases for new target books would be increased！ We need mark to adapt the unquiet dead next， or victory of the daleks。 No wait。。。 cold war。 No。。。 empress of mars。。。 or maybe all of them。 The crimson horror is great stuff and a welcome addition to the doctor who shelves。 。。。more
Stephen Theaker
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Madame Vastra （Silurian）， Jenny Flint （human） and Strax （Sontaran） investigate odd goings-on in Bradford。 Not bad， but this was never one of my favourite Mark Gatiss stories。 I had hoped he would read the audiobook himself （his reading of Planet of the Daleks was superb）， but since much of it is from Jenny's point of view， Catrin Stewart is an even better choice。 The sections from Strax's point of view are very amusing， and read by Dan Starkey。 The book reminded me of Alan Dean Foster's Star Tre Madame Vastra （Silurian）， Jenny Flint （human） and Strax （Sontaran） investigate odd goings-on in Bradford。 Not bad， but this was never one of my favourite Mark Gatiss stories。 I had hoped he would read the audiobook himself （his reading of Planet of the Daleks was superb）， but since much of it is from Jenny's point of view， Catrin Stewart is an even better choice。 The sections from Strax's point of view are very amusing， and read by Dan Starkey。 The book reminded me of Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Logs， in how so much of it is new。 We're two-thirds in before the Doctor and Clara get involved in the main adventure。 。。。more
Kieran McAndrew
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