Stories Book Past Doctor Adventures Illegal Alien 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Monday, October 6, 1997 Written by Mike Tucker, Robert Perry Pages 281 Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) War, World War II Location (Potential Spoilers!) Jersey, Earth, England, London Synopsis Britain is at war. Night after night the Luftwaffe are bombing London. A serial killer dubbed the Limehouse Lurker is stalking the rubble-strewn streets. But a deadlier threat falls from the sky in the shape of a sinister silver sphere... Cody McBride, ex-pat American private eye, sees the sphere crash-land and split open — and glimpses something emerging from within. But the military dismiss his account of events — the sphere is simply a new German secret weapon that has malfunctioned in some way. What else could it be? Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Ace are the only people to believe McBride. The sphere bears all the hallmarks of sophisticated alien technology — and whatever was inside it is now loose in London. Before long, they have embarked on a trail that brings them face to face with hidden Nazi operatives — and some very old enemies... 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 Seventh Doctor Ace Cybermen Cyber-Leader George Limb Show All Characters (5) How to read Illegal Alien: Books Illegal Alien 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 1 review 26 April 2025 · 43 words Review by SteffiJen 1 Absolutely loved this story! I borrowed the audiobook version from the library and Sophie Aldred's narration is spot on, all the way through. The story itself is well paced and makes excellent use of its wartime setting to create an exciting, atmospheric listen. SteffiJen View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating23 members 4.02 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating433 votes 3.81 / 5 Member Statistics Read 44 Favourited 5 Reviewed 1 Saved 6 Skipped 2 Related Stories BBC Books Loving the Alien Rating: 3.44 Story Skipped Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Past Doctor Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote