Prisoner of the Daleks

By Trevor Baxendale

My sister and I had walked in too Chapters the other day in search for a book for her to read. As we made our way to the Fantasy section of the store, I couldn't help myself turning left in the sci-fi section.

Usually they hardly have any Doctor Who books or at least a wide variety of them. This time however, they had a whack load of tenth Doctor novels which I am sure had to be selling very fast since David Tennant had finished his role as The Doctor.

Picking through the ones that I've seen before, I came across "Prisoner of the Daleks". I don't know why I was so drawn to this book in particular. Maybe it was a new one I hadn't seen before? Perhaps it has the terrifying Daleks in it? Was it the fantastic description on the back of the novel? Or was it the fact that it was cheaper than the others? Either way I went through my wallet to see if I had the right amount for the book and asked for my friends second opinion before buying it.

"Excellent book!" He replied. And that was that. I had to buy it.

I read it in four days! Which for me is really fast. The only other book I did that for was Philip Pullmans "The Golden Compass" which was fantastic compared to the movie. (I hated the movie!) And for me to read that fast means that it's a good book! Better than good, a G for Great book!

The story captures the Doctor travelling on his own once again after leaving his last Companion Donna. He's dragged out of his original timeline and sent to the time when the Daleks are still fighting against the Earth Empire far in our future. It's not long until he gets trapped himself and finally gets rescued from a crew of bounty hunters sent out to collect Dalek eye stalks for income. From there it drags you down a twisted path where tables turn for the worse but the Doctor still proves that the Daleks can not stop him even when it seems utterly hopeless.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and was actually disappointed that it had to come to an end. But it's definitely a keeper on my book shelf and a well added addition to my ever growing Doctor Who book collection!

I highly recommend this book to any Doctor Who fan!