Doctor Who: Peacemaker

Name: Doctor Who: Peacemaker
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: James Swallow
ISBN: 9781408499092

Author: James Swallow

Narrator: Will Thorp

Abridged: 2 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: BBC Digital Audio

Published: 07/02/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for ‘the healer’. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman whose patent medicines actually cure his patients. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate, they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become... Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, ‘Peacemaker’ is read by Will Thorp, who played Toby Zed in the TV episodes ‘The Impossible Planet’ and ‘The Satan Pit’.

About James Swallow

James Swallow is a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author of over fifty books, including the bestselling Marc Dane thrillers. He lives and works in London, UK.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on February 06, 2019

Arriving in the 1880s American West, The Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman who's patent medicines holds a strange secret. It’s a fun Tenth Doctor adventure that really captures the playfulness cliques of a Wild West story. Even the First Doctor’s visit to The O.K. Coral gets referenced!......more

Goodreads review by Brooklyn on September 07, 2016

Though I typically am not a crazy fan of the Wild West, I did enjoy this novel featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha. It was written well; I could hear the characters voices as I read the words. Pretty fast paced.......more

Goodreads review by D.L. on February 08, 2012

This book would have made a very good episode of the “new” Doctor Who series. It is almost of parody of gunslinger type Westerns (of which I am not a fan) but with a Who twist. The characters of both the Doctor and Martha Jones are written true to the TV show. The Doctor with all his whimsical charm......more

Goodreads review by Kimberley on August 11, 2015

i don't like the wild west much but i did enjoy this book.......more

Goodreads review by Emilija on February 16, 2025

2019 52 Book Challenge - 32) A Western I'm not normally a fan of the Wild West in novels, but this was a pretty decent Doctor Who novel. I thought that the Doctor and Martha were both characterized well, and I found the Clade really interesting. They made me think of the aliens in series 2 of Stargat......more