Book info

• Title Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7
• Author Mike Tucker
• Year 2008
• Genre Science Fiction

Earth, 2099. Global warming is devastating the climate. The polar ice caps are melting. In a desperate attempt at preservation, the governments of the world have removed vast sections of the Arctic and Antarctic and set them inside huge domes across the world. The Doctor and Martha arrive in Snowglobe 7 in the Middle East, hoping for peace and relaxation. But they soon discover that it's not only ice and snow that has been preserved beneath the Dome. While Martha struggles to help with an infection sweeping through the Dome, the Doctor discovers an alien threat that has lain hidden since the last ice age. A threat that is starting to thaw.

Thoughts

The setup for this was really interesting - in a future where the polar ice caps are rapidly disappearing, humans gather up the remaining snow and ice and attempt to preserve it in snowglobes around the world. What a great idea for a story! The following alien attacks and Doctor figuring out what’s really going on and how to stop it as humanely as possible is pretty formulaic to the series but because of the setting and the creativity behind it, I kinda enjoyed it.

Rating: 3 / 5