Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: The Star Beast 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 4 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, November 30, 2023 Written by Gary Russell Publisher Target Books Pages 252 Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London Synopsis Based on a script by Russell T Davies, this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourteenth Doctor Donna Noble Beep the Meep Sylvia Noble Shaun Temple Rose Noble Shirley Anne Bingham Wrath Warriors Show All Characters (8) How to read Doctor Who: The Star Beast: Books The Star Beast Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 4 reviews 2 June 2025 · 190 words Review by Jamie Spoilers This review contains spoilers! I listened to the audiobook version narrated by Jacqueline King, and what a delight that was. She's done so many voices for Big Finish from Sylvia, to God, to Baba Yaga, I knew she'd be a great narrator and that she was. The voices for the characters, the Meep! Superb. The story itself doesn't diverge a huge amount from the original however I really like the addition of the milkman from the Stolen Earth. Its a surprising return, but it really adds a lovely little bit to the story which I already liked a lot. The story takes quite a lot of time to get to the meat and bones of the tv story, but when it does its full steam ahead. I would've liked perhaps more of Shirley, and the Nobles, but I did still thoroughly enjoy it nonetheless. I never vibed with the placement of the non-binary line it felt odd, so it was removed here which stuck out as one of the only removed lines. The whole "she'd have understood" bit is sadly still there, I still do not like this part of the story one bit. Jamie View profile Like Liked 0 22 May 2025 · 19 words Review by Rock_Angel A good adaptation to this story I think it’s a little slow however I enjoyed it none the less Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 0 11 November 2024 · 153 words Review by hallieday Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! The Fourteenth Doctor #03 'The Star Beast' (2023) from Target Books. As my first Target Books novelisation I have to say that The Star Beast was a slight disappointment. Aside from getting a bit more of Sylvia's perspective on the story, this is pretty much a direct script-to-novel adaptation, including a couple of extra moments and a new character that were omitted from the televised story. All of the same pros and cons with the 60th anniversary special aside from that for me, with it being a short and fun story, the Meep is a fun little villain, and the Doctor and Donna's relationship is nice to see unfold, but the forced gender politics and strange "let it go" stuff doesn't work for me at all. Glad that the "non-binary" moment seems to be one of the only omissions from the televised story here, but the scene still plays out the same. It's just odd. hallieday View profile Like Liked 3 27 June 2024 · 110 words Review by Trench16 Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! The Star Beast: 7.2/10 - The Star Beast is a TV story I like a lot. This novelization was a somewhat middling one however. The length of this book definitely adds to the reasons why I think this book is worse than many others. There is simply little room for the plot to breathe and the additions, like a lot of other stories, are few and far between. I do, however, really like the milkman from The Stolen Earth returning which adds a nice little call back to that episode. Overall, despite struggling from a lack of pagetime, the story is still very good and is a fun and concise read. Trench16 View profile Like Liked 3 Open in new window Statistics AVG. 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