Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen

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<p>Rediscover the lost<i>Doctor Who</i>adventure by Douglas Adams.</p><p>Intergalactic war? Thats just not cricket or is it?</p><p>The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so shes less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.</p><p>Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles to human eyes, at least an oversized set of cricket stumps</p><p>From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes</p>

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<p><b>Douglas Adams (Author)</b> <b>DOUGLAS ADAMS</b>was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He is best known as the creator of<i>The Hitch Hiker'</i><i>s Guide to the Galaxy,</i>which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with<i>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</i>(1980<i>); Life, The Universe and Everything</i>(1982);<i>So Long and Thanks for all the Fish</i>(1984);<i>Mostly Harmless</i>(1992) and many more. He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.</p><p><b>James Goss (Author)</b> <b>James Goss</b>is the author of the novelisation of Douglas Adams<i>City of Death</i>, as well as several other<i>Doctor Who</i>books. While at the BBC James produced an adaptation of<i>Shada</i>, an unfinished Douglas Adams<i>Doctor Who</i>story, and Dirk is his award-winning stage adaptation of<i>Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency</i>. He won Best Audiobook 2010 for Dead Air and his books<i>Dead of Winter</i>and<i>First Born</i>were both nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Society Awards. His novel<i>Haterz</i>has been optioned as a movie.</p>

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