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Doctor Who: The Feast Of The Drowned written by Stephen Cole, abridged by Jacqueline Rayner and read by David Tennant
01/02/2007 . Source: Sue Davies 
CD: BBC Audio Books ISBN: 1846070627 . 132 minute CD. Price £ 9.99 (UK). Buy Doctor Who The Feast Of The Drowned in the USA - or Buy Doctor Who The Feast Of The Drowned in the UK  check out website: www.bbcshop.com
The Doctor and Rose are in London and the latter is looking up an old friend. Keisha has recently lost her brother in a tragic Naval accident. All the more strange then that the brother should appear to her and Rose. He doesn't look too well and implores them to come and save him 'before the feast'.
Meanwhile, as the drowned appear all over London, their friends and relatives are drawn towards the Thames. The ship that sank has been taken there for examination but more is going on than meets the eye and who are the officials who insist on wearing their shades after dark?
The perfect antidote to the lack of TV Who this is a crisply-told tale by the 10th Doctor David Tennant who uses an assortment of voices and accents even his own! Worth the price of admission for the strangled glottals of Rose and Mickey, this is a mini-drama in its own right. It is not just a story but an entire reliving of experiences from the nation's favourite Doctor.
This would be a highly expensive, budget-draining exercise on the TV but as an audio book it relies completely on the characterisation set up by the series and on the powerful vocal abilities of David Tennant. At the end, I felt I had been standing on the banks of the Thames with the desperate relatives, been swept by the tide far out into its depths and risen gasping to the surface still tasting the metallic tang. It really is that good.
I heartily recommend this, not as a substitute for the real thing but as a complete dietary supplement in the barren months when we are Doctor deprived.
Sue Davies
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