Ten Little Aliens

Ten Little Aliens is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the First Doctor, Ben and Polly.

Ten Little Aliens

Author	Stephen Cole
Series	Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	54
Subject	Featuring: First Doctor Ben and Polly
Set in	Period between The Smugglers and The Tenth Planet[1][2]
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	June 2002
Pages	281
ISBN	0-563-53853-8
Preceded by	Warmonger
Followed by	Combat Rock

Ten Little Aliens was re-released in 2013 for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

Reception

In Interzone, Matt Hills writes, "The novel's major premise is sharply executed: the corpses of "most wanted" alien terrorists mysteriously return to life in order to attack an elite military squad sent to hunt them down. [...] Cole's plotting is strong, and the novel also hits home via its quirky stylistic choices: introducing military characters very economically through their comments on the Schirr enemy, and pausing for a "Make Your Own Adventure"-style interlude where one has to navigate through the different viewpoints of a neural network."^[3]