Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Ninth Doctor’s debut TV adventure. “Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!” In a lair somewhere beneath central London, a malevolent alien intelligence is plotting the end of humanity. Shop window dummies that can move – and kill – are taking up key positions, ready to strike. Rose Tyler, an ordinary Londoner, is working her shift in a department store, unaware that this is the most important day of her life. She’s about to meet the only man who understands the true nature of the threat facing Earth, a stranger who will open her eyes to all the wonder and terror of the universe – a traveller in time and space known as the Doctor. This is the story that relaunched Doctor Who for the 21st Century, novelised by showrunner Russell T Davies from his original script. Running time: 4 hours 10 mins. ? BBC Worldwide 2018 © BBC Worldwide 2018 Novelisation copyright © Russell T Davies 2018 Original script copyright © Russell T Davies 2005 Cover illustration by Anthony Dry BBC logo © BBC 1996 Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014 For BBC Worldwide: Reading produced by Neil Gardner Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd Sound design by David Darlington Executive producer: Michael Stevens TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson For BBC Books: Editorial Director: Albert DePetrillo Project Editor: Steve Cole Cover design: Two Associates Cover illustration: Anthony Dry Doctor Who: Rose first published by BBC Books in 2018