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Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
 

No. 12 of 17 in the BBC prestige novels series
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By:Douglas Adams & James Goss
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Editions:  UK (hardback) | UK (paperback) | Russia (hardback) | Germany (hardback)
Description:  Novel adaptation of an unmade Douglas Adams Doctor Who script originally written in the mid-1970s and which later formed the basis for the third Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book Life, the Universe and Everything. Also available as an audio reading.

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Edition: UK (hardback)
Released:  December 2017
Publisher:  BBC Books
ISBN:978-1-78594-105-4
Format: hardback
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Note:  Although the official release date was 18th January 2018, copies started appearing on the shelves of Waterstones and some other retailers over a month early, from approx. 14th Dec 2017 onwards.

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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...

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Edition: UK (paperback)
Released:  February 2019
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ISBN:978-1-78594-106-1
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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. Even worse, the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.

The Doctor and Romana are now tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the Key to Time. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes...

‘A delight’
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Edition: Russia (hardback)
Title:  Доктор Кто против Криккитян
Released:  June 2019
Publisher:  AST
ISBN:978-5-17-111985-0
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Edition: Germany (hardback)
Title:  Doctor Who und die Krikkit-Krieger
Released:  August 2019
Publisher:  Bastei Lübbe
ISBN:978-3-7857-2644-0
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