Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen

Douglas Adams, James Goss

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Penguin
19 February 2019

Science fiction; Doctor Who Novel; Science; Space; Aliens; Time Travel; Fourth Doctor

Intergalactic war? That's just not cricket or is it?

The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.

Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles - to human eyes, at least - an oversized set of cricket stumps

From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes.

By: Douglas Adams, James Goss
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781785941061
ISBN 10: 1785941062
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 19 February 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas Adams (Author) DOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He is best known as the creator of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.James Goss (Author) James Goss is the author of the novelisation of Douglas Adams? City of Death, as well as several other Doctor Who books. While at the BBC James produced an adaptation of Shada, an unfinished Douglas Adams Doctor Who story, and Dirk is his award-winning stage adaptation of Dirk Gently?s Holistic Detective Agency. He won Best Audiobook 2010 for Dead Air and his books Dead of Winter and First Born were both nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Society Awards. His novel Haterz has been optioned as a movie.

Reviews for Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen

A funny and thoroughly entertaining chunk of pure British silliness - the very meaning of life. ***** -- Jon Wise * Sunday Sport * A particular treat for Adams buffs * Radio Times *