Doctor Who: Devil In The Smoke

Name: Doctor Who: Devil In The Smoke
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Justin Richards
ISBN: 9781471333941

Author: Justin Richards

Narrator: Dan Starkey, Dan Starkey

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: BBC Digital Audio

Published: 12/18/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Madame Vastra, the fabled Lizard Woman of Paternoster Row, knew death in many shapes and forms. But perhaps one of the most bizarre of these was death by snow... On a cold day in December, two young boys, tired of sweeping snow from the workhouse yard, decide to build a snowman - and are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. In horrified fascination, they watch as their snowman begins to bleed... The search for answers to this impossible event will plunge Harry into the most hazardous - and exhilarating - adventure of his life. He will encounter a hideous troll. He will dine with a mysterious parlour maid. And he will help the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, save the world from the terrifying Devil in the Smoke.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on November 11, 2016

An adventure with the Great Detective!... No, no that one... WHO While this is a short story set in the fictional universe of Doctor Who, none of his regenerations participated in the story, not as a cameo or even mentioned. The Paternoster Gang: Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax WHERE & WHE......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 10, 2023

Actual rating is 3.5 stars. This is a short story that is based on the television series. In this one we visit the Paternoster Gang. Two boys are building a snowman and a human body materializes from this snowman. The boys are being hunted down and the Paternoster Gang are on the case. This author has......more

Goodreads review by Dan on December 20, 2012

This short e-book is similar to The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery in that it's a short book which serves as a prequel to an episode and doesn't feature the Doctor himself. This one is a prequel to this year's Christmas Special, The Snowmen, and sees Madam Vastra, Jenny and Strax go up agains......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) on June 29, 2020

When I first saw Vastra and her "maid" Jenny in A Good Man Goes to War I instantly wanted more of their adventures. Who wouldn't want to read or watch more about a Silurian being a detective in Victorian England? Crazy people is who. This was awesome and fun. Smoke monster whose weakness is snow. So......more

Goodreads review by shelby ✼ on December 30, 2022

I’ve been rewatching Doctor Who and read this in search of more stories with the Paternoster Row gang. This was a fun bitesized adventure of theirs! The writer definitely understood their characters personalities, which was important to me, although why did he called Jenny and Vastra “good friends.”......more

Quotes

Dan Starkey... does an excellent job with the variety of characters at play here... Blending Victorian intrigue, Holmesian sleuthing and sci-fi humour to produce a first-rate little yarn... long-term Who writer Justin Richards brings the entire cast to life with his loving attention to characterisation huntspost.co.uk

Dan Starkey displays a fantastic vocal range to imbue the story with a whole gamut of characters... the action sequences are well-paced and the dialogue bounces between the characters at a sensible speed scifibulletin.com