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Post by shallacatop on Feb 7, 2021 22:41:51 GMT
Alex Kingston is following in the footsteps of Tom Baker & Sophie Aldred by penning a Doctor Who novel it seems! Due for release in May. She’s got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips… and so has she.
1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra’s tomb but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby’s curse?
1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn’t believe in curses but is she wrong? From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe.
To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery- Is fiction changing into fact – or is fact changing into fiction?forbiddenplanet.com/321461-the-curse-2021-hardcover/?affid=tdws06&utm_medium=fp-share |
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Post by grinch on Feb 7, 2021 22:47:57 GMT
Neat. I’d usually say it sounds like an adventure involving the Land of Fiction breaking into the real world but somehow I don’t think that’s the case.
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Post by constonks on Feb 8, 2021 0:01:03 GMT
The first full-length River Song novel! (Now that they're publishing "Target novels" again they should revive the "Companions of Doctor Who" brand for the paperback of this one)
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Feb 8, 2021 0:03:11 GMT
Wonder who is ghost writing this one?
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Feb 8, 2021 1:11:55 GMT
I’d guess James Goss probably.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Feb 8, 2021 11:23:56 GMT
As an aside, pretty sure Goss himself said that he didn't write Scratchman and that most of it was actually Tom.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 12:15:28 GMT
As an aside, pretty sure Goss himself said that he didn't write Scratchman and that most of it was actually Tom. It certainly fits Tom's style for The Boy Who Kicked Pigs. Some of the initial ideas I believe came from Ian Marter, as well. He gets a mention in the Acknowledgements as "a friend and a good egg," for the novelisation. Word is that Marter's work on that initial screenplay was what nudged him, with a little encouragement from Tom, towards doing adaptations for Target. |
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Post by shallacatop on Feb 8, 2021 13:59:25 GMT
Yeah, I don't think any books in this range have been officially ghost-written. Granted, there's only been two so far, and we don't know about The Curse, but Scratchman was written by Tom, with James Goss lending a small hand and making amendments, as an editor would. Initially it was attributed to Goss in order to preserve the surprise that Tom had penned it. At Childhood's End was Sophie Aldred, with Steve Cole & Mike Tucker. They're credited on the first page and then the legal page specifies they helped on the storyline.
Looking forward to this anyway, whoever it emerges is penning the story (Alex Kingston, based on the previous two!). I'm a big fan of River, I think there's a lot of scope to the Melody Malone persona and the synopsis suggests it will delve into River's archaeological side, which I think is strangely absent most of the time. The premise seems very appropriate for the character and given Alex's sheer affection for River, who else would be better to write for her?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 14:53:31 GMT
I thought it said “the curse of Alex Kingston”😂😂😉
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 15:00:55 GMT
I thought it said “the curse of Alex Kingston”😂😂😉 Glad im not the only one 🙈😂 |
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Feb 9, 2021 9:45:07 GMT
This sounds fun. I wonder which actor will write a book next, since BBC Books seems to be making a trend of it. Colin Baker? He’s written a comic and a short trip before.
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Post by project37 on Feb 11, 2021 16:14:26 GMT
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Post by shallacatop on Feb 11, 2021 17:49:06 GMT
That cover is beautiful, to the point where it’s a shame they had to add “BBC Doctor Who” to it!
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Post by agentten on Feb 11, 2021 19:01:33 GMT
I'm sure this will be a rousing good time and I look forward to reading it. Hopefully, there is an audio book read by the author. I wonder if this will lead to Kingston writing for Big Finish at some point.
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Post by shallacatop on Feb 11, 2021 19:07:05 GMT
I'm sure this will be a rousing good time and I look forward to reading it. Hopefully, there is an audio book read by the author. I wonder if this will lead to Kingston writing for Big Finish at some point.
Alex is reading the audiobook, as confirmed on the video posted upthread. I think it’s great they’ve managed to get all three authors to read their works in this range so far; makes it that little bit more special, especially when readings aren’t always guaranteed now. |
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Post by agentten on Feb 11, 2021 19:08:53 GMT
I'm sure this will be a rousing good time and I look forward to reading it. Hopefully, there is an audio book read by the author. I wonder if this will lead to Kingston writing for Big Finish at some point.
Alex is reading the audiobook, as confirmed on the video posted upthread. I think it’s great they’ve managed to get all three authors to read their works in this range so far; makes it that little bit more special, especially when readings aren’t always guaranteed now. Ah, I missed that part of the announcement then. Thanks for the info! |
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Post by grinch on Feb 11, 2021 19:12:35 GMT
Say what you will about River Song as a character but Alex Kingston is a real sweetheart.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 21:17:57 GMT
This sounds fun. I wonder which actor will write a book next, since BBC Books seems to be making a trend of it. Colin Baker? He’s written a comic and a short trip before. Well, that comic, The Age of Chaos, is set to be re-released July this year... I wonder if seeing it in print again might spark off a desire to give it a go. |
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Post by number13 on Feb 12, 2021 1:03:47 GMT
This sounds fun. I wonder which actor will write a book next, since BBC Books seems to be making a trend of it. Colin Baker? He’s written a comic and a short trip before. Well, that comic, The Age of Chaos, is set to be re-released July this year... I wonder if seeing it in print again might spark off a desire to give it a go. He also wrote Sixie's story for 'The Target Storybook' last year. I'd certainly like to read a novel of Sixie by Sixie, very much.
I wonder which Companion he would choose for the novel - that could be the trickiest part, diplomatically speaking!  |
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Post by number13 on Feb 12, 2021 1:10:39 GMT
I'm sure this will be a rousing good time and I look forward to reading it. Hopefully, there is an audio book read by the author. I wonder if this will lead to Kingston writing for Big Finish at some point.
Alex is reading the audiobook, as confirmed on the video posted upthread. I think it’s great they’ve managed to get all three authors to read their works in this range so far; makes it that little bit more special, especially when readings aren’t always guaranteed now. Excellent, thanks. It will be the audiobook for me then. I enjoy a 'Doctor Who' novel but I love them being performed. Especially when the author, reader and both lead characters are sort of one and the same! |
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