Doctor Who Scratchman, Tom Baker
Doctor Who Scratchman, Tom Baker
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Doctor Who: Scratchman
4th Doctor Novel

Author: Tom Baker

Narrator: Tom Baker

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making.

The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures – hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn’t go to plan – the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them.

With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the Doctor must battle an ancient force from another dimension, one who claims to be the Devil. Scratchman wants to know what the Doctor is most afraid of. And the Doctor’s worst nightmares are coming out to play…

Tom Baker himself reads this legendary Doctor Who adventure, a spine-chilling thriller forty years in the making.

Duration: 8h 40m

Written by Tom Baker with James Goss Storyline by Tom Baker and Ian Marter Additional voices by Nicholas Briggs

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen on December 17, 2019

There number of things that make me mad about this book first why is Tom Baker as author only on the cover, then inside with small letters James Goss but Worse is real insult Copyright Tom Baker & Ian Martin. Ian Martin Who played Harry Sullivan has no proper credit to book that He wrote back in 197......more

Goodreads review by Bill on April 21, 2020

I'm sorry to say that I found Scratchman to be a pretty disappointing read. Back in the mid 1970s I always enjoyed the TV adventures of the Doctor (Tom Baker) & his companions Sarah Jane Smith & Harry Sullivan. Sadly, the same line up failed to entertain me in this new novel. The first part of the bo......more

Goodreads review by Simon on February 07, 2019

I was looking forward to this as I wanted to see what Tom Baker would come up with. I knew he'd tried to get a movie off the ground in '76 and apparently this book is based on that storyline. Oddly the storyline feels more like a Barry Letts/Jon Pertwee story than a Tom Baker one. Unfortunately, if......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 26, 2019

So, here’s an unusual arrival for Doctor Who fans. Scratchman is a novel that, forty years ago, was the outline for a proposed movie when the television series Doctor Who was arguably at its most popular. Written by the Doctor of the time, Tom Baker, with Ian Marter (who played assistant Harry Sulliv......more

Goodreads review by Iain on January 26, 2019

Delicious stuff. By turns funny, scary, thoughtful and flat out bonkers, this is much more than a novelisation of an unmade movie. It's rather a splendid novel and a wonderful bit of Doctor Who. I enjoyed it enormously.......more

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