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Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man
Series: Doctor Who
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The next in the series of Doctor Who inspired Puffin Classics books. He tidied his hair, smoothed down his vest, and extended a hand. 'Perhaps we can begin anew,' he said. 'Dr V. Frankenstein, at your service.' When an unsettling folk tale leads the Ninth Doctor...
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The next in the series of Doctor Who inspired Puffin Classics books.
He tidied his hair, smoothed down his vest, and extended a hand. 'Perhaps we can begin anew,' he said. 'Dr V. Frankenstein, at your service.'
When an unsettling folk tale leads the Ninth Doctor and Rose to a remote village in Wales, they get more than they bargained for.
A scientist has taken it upon himself to create new life—imitating Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a book that has sent shock waves around the country.
But, much like his fictional counterpart, this doctor is playing god, and with forces beyond his understanding. As the Doctor and Rose attempt to put the brakes on the experiment before it gets out of control, a sinister supernatural presence reveals itself...
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781405965262
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: BBC Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 161g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Jack Heath wrote his debut novel, The Lab, in secondary school and sent it to a publisher at age seventeen. He's now the award-winning author of forty novels for adults and children, including the international bestsellers Hangman, The Wife Swap and 300 Minutes of Danger. His books have been translated into ten languages, optioned for TV and adapted for film. He lives on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country in Canberra, Australia, with his wife, their children, several chickens, a few fish and a possum named Oreo.
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