Doctor Who : Peacemaker

Doctor Who : Peacemaker / James Swallow; read by Will Thorp.— [Bath:] BBC Audiobooks, 2008.

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Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- )
ISBN: 9781408499092 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

1. Doctor Who (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. 2. Healers -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction. 3. Science fiction. 4. Space and time – Fiction. 5. Western stories.

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The Doctor and Martha Jones materialize in the Wild West, although the Doctor cautions Marsha that it’s not called that yet. The town of Redwater is being terrorized by two zombie desperados with some very potent lightning spouting side arms. They demand the whereabouts of a snake oil salesman that passed through recently. The extraordinary thing about his medicine was that it really worked. It cured many in town of the smallpox. Anxiety and horrific nightmares are, however, common side effects.

Perhaps more extraordinary is that this science fiction western with zombies, alien invaders, and blazing ray guns is quite entertaining. The author pulls it off very smoothly, and Thorpe’s narration keeps pace with the plot. And, if his American accents are not completely convincing, they are all distinctive and amusing.