Stories Book Twelfth Doctor NSAs The Blood Cell 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes 1 Overview Released Thursday, September 11, 2014 Written by James Goss Pages 256 Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Prison Planet Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Prison Synopsis "Release the Doctor — or the killing will start." An asteroid in the furthest reaches of space — the most secure prison for the most dangerous of criminals. The Governor is responsible for the worst fraudsters and the cruellest murderers. So he's certainly not impressed by the arrival of the man they're calling the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant. Or, as he prefers to be known, the Doctor. What does impress the Governor is the way the new prisoner immediately sets about trying to escape. And keeps trying. Finally, he sends for the Doctor and asks him why? But the answer surprises even the Governor. And then there's the threat — unless the Governor listens to the Doctor, a lot of people will die. Who is the Doctor and what's he really doing here? Why does he want to help the Governor? And who is the young woman who comes every day to visit him, only to be turned away by the guards? When the killing finally starts, the Governor begins to get his answers... 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 Twelfth Doctor Clara Oswald How to read The Blood Cell: Books The Blood Cell Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default 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 3 reviews 5 March 2025 · 51 words Review by Guardax 2 No surprise I absolutely loved a book written by James Goss. I had so much fun with the POV from the prison warden, and it was a story that kept surprising. The Doctor is a tad generic, but it's forgivable as it was probably written before Series 8 aired. Loved this book. Guardax View profile Like Liked 2 29 December 2024 · 60 words Review by godslayer86 1 this is not any good at all... james goss doesnt know how to write i think. i had a hard time being convinced this was the 12th doctor. the prose was dry which was forgiveable until around the end which wouldve actually been good if it was written by someone else. couldve been a good concept for a 2 parter though godslayer86 View profile Like Liked 1 4 March 2025 · 8 words Review by ash.hnt Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! james goss, you frighten me, you strange man ash.hnt View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating67 members 3.91 / 5 Member Statistics Read 118 Favourited 16 Reviewed 3 Saved 10 Skipped 4 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Speech Doctor: I can't. Only... it's always easy to see a great mastermind at work behind thing. And they do exist - believe me, I've met quite a few. But the thing is, people are such frail, weak beings. It doesn't need a man twirling a black cape. Some of the worst decisions in history have been made in rooks by people who meant well. There's a reason they say nothing good ever comes out of a commitee. Beware of Focus Groups, Working Parties, Conference Calls, and people who find ninety-nine reasona to say no before they find a single reason to sat yes. It's these people who are responsible for most of the evil in the universe. And it's why they're all unaccountable. None of them can even remember making the big, awful decision. No one person decided to build a Death Ray. Perhaps someone can remember making some useful tweaks to the firing nozzle, a few good suggestions at an away day about the Death Ray logo, or perhaps deciding that the nice big button should be red...but...oh, I'm always asked what the end of the universe will be like. It'll be a room full of people fighting politely over the last chocolate biscuit as they squeeze in one final meeting about how terribly dark it's getting. — Twelfth Doctor, The Blood Cell