Doctor Who #078: Earthshock

by Ian Marter

Book Overview

A group of palaeontologists have been savagely attacked while carrying out a study of fossilised dinosaur remains in an underground cave system on twenty?fifth century Earth. A party of troopers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0426193776
• ISBN13: 9780426193777
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Good bye, spoiled brat

This is one of the better Target novels and a fast paced read. Mr. Marter does something that few other Target authors do: he creates minor charecters that you can care about. Also, the ending always makes me cry with joy. Companions are an important part of Doctor Who, and it's always pleasent to see bad ones go.

Return of the Cybermen

The Doctor faces off against the cybermen again in this novelization. At his side are Adric, Nyssa and Tegan as well as some random troops from Earth, circa 2526 AD. The Doctor and company return to Earth and land in the middle of a dinosaur dig gone bad. Seems the palaeontologists have been mysteriously attacked and nearly wiped out. The Doctor finds himself accused of the deed although the true perpetrators show up shortly and the Doctors aids in their defeat. The Doctor then takes the fight to the leaders of those perpetrators and in so doing discovers the reason for the dinosaurs extinction (among other things). Once again the Doctor saves the world (or the universe) from an evil plot! A quick, fun read.