Stories Book The Eighth Doctor Adventures [Books] The Face-Eater 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Quotes Overview Released Monday, January 4, 1999 Written by Simon Messingham Pages 276 Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Proxima 2 Synopsis The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest. The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare. Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded — that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Eighth Doctor Sam Jones The Face-Eater Show All Characters (3) How to read The Face-Eater: Books The Face-Eater Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating22 members 2.77 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating189 votes 3.17 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating15 votes 3.15 / 5 Member Statistics Read 35 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 2 Skipped 2 Owned 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote