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Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7   £5.49

Earth, 2099. Global warming is devastating the climate. The polar ice caps are melting. In a desperate attempt at preservation, the governments of the world have removed vast sections of the Arctic and Antarctic and set them inside huge domes across the world. The Doctor and Martha arrive in Snowglobe 7 in the Middle East, hoping for peace and relaxation. But they soon discover that its not only ice and snow that has been preserved beneath the Dome. While Martha struggles to help with an infection sweeping through the Dome, the Doctor discovers an alien threat that has lain hidden since the last ice age. A threat that is starting to thaw. Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television.

Doctor Who: Starships & Spacestations   £5.99

Starships and Spacestations, the latest Doctor Who guide, documents the many intergalactic vessels that the Doctor and his companions have encountered on their travels. The Doctor has seen the development of space travel between countless worlds. He's visited Earth's Empire in the far future, faced the terrifying Dalek Fleet, solved mysteries on spacestations and stopped invasions spearheaded by starships. He's been held prisoner in space, escaped from the moon, witnessed the arrival of the Sycorax and the crash landing of a space pig. In this lavishly-illustrated book, Doctor Who historian Justin Richards documents the amazing story of Earth's ventures into space, examines the many alien fleets who have paid Earth a visit, and explores the other starships and spacestations that the Doctor has encountered on his many travels...

Doctor Who: The Inside Story - Official Guide To Series 1 & 2   £9.99

In March 2005 a 900-year-old alien made a triumphant return to our television screens. This book is the definitive account of how the new Doctor Who came to our screens. Gary Russell has talked to everyone on the show from David Tennant, to executive producer Russell T Davies, to the people normally hidden inside the monster suits. With unparalleled access to design drawings, backstage photographs, costume designs, previously unpublished photographs and with an in-depth look at each of the 26 episodes of series one and two, as well as an exclusive look ahead to the Christmas special and series three, this is the book no Doctor Who fan can afford to be without.

Heroes: Saving Charlie   £5.49

A novel based on characters from the popular NBC television series "Heroes" follows the exploits of Hiro, who must use his ability to stop time to save Charlie, the girl he loves, from being brutally murdered.

Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion Of The Bane   £3.99

Join Sarah Jane on an exciting adventure investigating mysterious happenings with the help of Maria, Luke, Clyde and of course 'Mr Smith'. Based on an episode of Sarah Jane Adventures this fantastic novel has colour inserts showing scenes from the BBC series. Life on Earth can be an adventure too!

Torchwood: Another Life   £5.49

A storm is brewing the water levels of the Bristol Channel are inexplicably rising, and Cardiff Bay is under threat from the worst flooding in years. In the midst of the climate chaos, Torchwood is called to investigate a series of gruesome murders vagrants found dead around Cardiff with their heads partially eaten.When Owen goes missing following a session on a virtual reality game, Jack, Gwen and the team must discover what's really going on before the water claims them all. And they must face the terror that lies at the bottom of the bay waiting, feeding, controlling...Featuring characters from BBC's Torchwood, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman and Gareth David-Lloyd.

Torchwood: Border Princes   £5.99

Something is here that shouldnt be here. Something is watching. In Cardiffs secret heart, the members of the Torchwood team struggle to define and locate the intruder, and contain it before anyone gets hurt.But this time, they are out of their depth. How do you unlock a secret that cant be broken? How do you assess the facts when the facts change to cover all traces? How do you cope if people are already hurt and no one realises it? What do you do if youre one of them? The Border Princes are watching, and they play for keeps... Featuring characters from BBC's Torchwood, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman and Gareth David-Lloyd.

Torchwood: Slow Decay   £5.99

A friend of Gwen's has recently done an impressive bit of slimming, thanks to a new Cardiff weight-loss clinic with a incredibly simple system, and now Rhys wants to give it a try. Elsewhere in the city, an ordinary woman with superhuman strength and a rapacious appetite attacks a group of teenagers.Eight women have disappeared over the past few days, and the police fear they may have a serial killer on their hands, but as the body count rises and the hungers grow, the Torchwood team realise there may be something much more dangerous than a serial killer at work.Featuring characters from BBC's Torchwood, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman and Gareth David-Lloyd.

Torchwood: Something In The Water   £5.49

Dr Bob Strongs GP surgery has been treating a lot of coughs and colds recently, far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob thinks theres something up but he cant think what. He seems to have caught it himself, whatever it is hes starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky. Saskia Harden has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear. Saskia is not on any files, except in the medical records at Dr Strongs GP practice. But Torchwoods priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales, they have found a dead body. Its old and in an advanced state of decay. And it is still able to talk. And what it is saying is Water hag

Torchwood: The Official Yearbook   £6.99

Follows the adventures of a team of investigators, working for the secret organization Torchwood, who use scavenged alien technology to solve present day crime - both alien and human.

Torchwood: The Twilight Streets   £5.49

Theres a part of the city that no one much goes to, a collection of rundown old houses and gloomy streets. No one stays there long, and no one can explain why somethings not quite right there. Now the Council is renovating the district, and a new company is overseeing the work. There will be street parties and events to show off the newly gentrified neighbourhood: clowns and face-painters for the kids, magicians for the adults the street entertainers of Cardiff, out in force. None of this is Torchwoods problem. Until Toshiko recognises the sponsor of the street parties: Bilis Manger. Now there is something for Torchwood to investigate. But Captain Jack Harkness has never been able to get into the area; it makes him physically ill to go near it. Without Jacks help, Torchwood must face the darker side of urban Cardiff alone

Torchwood: Trace Memory   £5.49

Tiger Bay, Cardiff, 1950. A mysterious crate is brought into the docks on a Scandinavian cargo ship. Its destination: the Torchwood Institute. As the crate is offloaded by a group of local dockers, it explodes, killing all but one of them, a young Butetown lad called Michael Bellini. Fifty-eight years later, a radioactive source somewhere inside the Hub leads Torchwood to discover the same Michael Bellini, still young and dressed in his 1950s clothes, cowering in the vaults. They soon realise that each has encountered Michael before as a child in Osaka, as a junior doctor, as a young police constable, as a new recruit to Torchwood One. But its Jack who remembers him best of all. Michaels involuntary time-travelling has something to do with a radiation-charged relic held inside the crate. And the Men in Bowler Hats are coming to get it back.



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