Paul Magrs

When famous puppets of British television are murdered, everyone suspects thirteen-year-old Jason's father, a bitter, forgotten puppeteer, of committing the grisly acts.

Publisher's Summary: Arriving on the almost impossibly ancient planet of Hyspero, a world where magic and danger walk hand in hand, the Doctor and Sam are caught up in a bizarre struggle for survival. Hyspero has been ruled for thousands of years by the Scarlet Empresses, creatures of dangerous powers — powers that a member of the Doctor's own race is keen to possess herself: the eccentric time traveller and philanderer known only as Iris Wildthyme. As the real reasons for Iris's obsession become clear, the Doctor and Sam must embark on a perilous journey across deserts, mountains, forests and oceans. Both friends and foes are found among spirits, djinns, alligator men and golden bears — but in a land where the magical is possible, is anything really as it seems?

The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher find themselves in trouble as a nightmare and a visit to Antarctica result in them stumbling upon the rogue Time Lord Astrolabus. Astrolabus has stolen the forbidden star charts from the ancient cosmic horror known only as the Voyager. Traveling the universe seeking to retrieve what was stolen from him, the Doctor finds himself being made the patsy for Astrolabus, who flees before the Voyager arrives. The Doctor barely escapes with his life as the Voyager vows to retrieve what was stolen from him and to hunt the Doctor until he gets his star maps back.

291 p. ; 20 cm

Embark on a strange and enchanting adventure with old friends and familiar foes in this glorious crossover of Doctor Who and Alice in Wonderland. The Doctor and his companions visit the dreaming spires of peaceful Oxford, hoping for a brief respite from their travels. But when Lewis Carroll appears at a garden party and their fellow guests transform into animals, they realise that everything is not as it seems . . . An unknown cosmic foe has trapped them in a twisted version of Alice’s Wonderland. Separated from the Tardis and from each other, their only hope of escape lies in cryptic clues teased by fan-favourite characters from Carroll’s classic tale.