Meet the new Doctor Who classics.
Earth is under attack by power-hungryaliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action.
When a Britishspace probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the beginning of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax- horrifying marauders from beyond the stars. Within hours, a third ofhumanity stands on the brink of death with not a single shot fired.
Ourplanet needs a champion - but the Doctor is not fit for service.He's just regenerated, delirious in a new body and a dressing gown. Forcedinto his battered shoes is his friend, Rose Tyler, a girl from a London councilestate. Will she save the world from this nightmare before Christmas - orsee it destroyed?