Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks
• Author Trevor Baxendale
• Year 2009
• Genre Science Fiction

The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding. The battles rage on across countless solar systems – and the Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. Earth Command will pay these hunters for every Dalek they kill, every eyestalk they bring back as proof. With the Doctor's help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner – intact, powerless, and ready for interrogation. But with the Daleks, nothing is what it seems, and no one is safe. Before long the tables will be turned, and how will the Doctor survive when he becomes a prisoner of the Daleks?

Thoughts

I really liked this one. Again, just like in the previous Slitheen book, the Daleks seem more scary on the page than they do on the screen. But as always, the humans don’t always do the right thing, and the scenes where the Doctor is battling to stop them terrorising a Dalek for the sake of their humanity, even though they are his sworn enemy, very well done. And the battle rages on, with some interesting temporary companions, and a good ending. I enjoyed this one.

Rating: 4 / 5