Author:Malcolm Hulke,Caroline John
All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station: there are unaccountable losses of power-output; nervous breakdowns amongst the staff; and then - a death! UNIT is called in, and the Brigadier is soon joined by Doctor Who and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men – Silurians – and a 40 ft. high Tyrannosaurus rex, the biggest, most savage mammal which ever trod the Earth! Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in the original TV serial Doctor Who and the Silurians, reads Malcolm Hulke’s complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974. ‘They’re well-written books – adventure stories of course, but with some thought... the creation of the character of the Doctor had a touch of genius about it.’ - Westminster Press.
I read this book in one sitting. It moved me to tears, to shouts of laughter, and made me look at even the most mundane things in a different way
—— Sunday TimesExtremely funny, brilliant
—— Sunday TelegraphEngaging, eccentric, hilarious, incredibly good company. A wonderwall of moments and memories . . . one of our most entertaining authors
—— IndependentVery, very funny . . . the kind of book you'll want to press on your friends
—— GQWitty, terrific, stupendously funny
—— Daily TelegraphWarm, funny . . . wonderfully accurate and evocative . . . we close the book wanting more
—— Times Literary SupplementPitch perfect
—— Financial TimesFunny, perceptive, thought-provoking. Armitage has a poet's eye for the poignant detail and the bigger theme
—— ScotsmanEvocative and engaging
—— Tim Willis , Sunday Telegraph