FREE RETURN OF THE ROCKET MEN PDF Matt Fitton | none | 30 Nov 2012 | Big Finish Productions Ltd | 9781844359509 | English | Maidenhead, United Kingdom Doc Oho Reviews Return of the Rocket Men written by Matt Fitton and directed by Lisa Bowerman The Companion Chronicles "talking books" are each narrated by one of the Doctor's companions and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound effects. The First DoctorBarbara and Vicki arrive on floating Return of the Rocket Men, over an alien world, besieged by men flying in rocket packs. Return of the Rocket Men Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael found the story to be "charming and understated". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. 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Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Doctor Who by Matt Fitton. A sequel to The Rocket Men. Once before the Doctor battled the sadistic Rocket Men and once before he won. But when the dreaded pirates of the skies raid a remote frontier planet, he's not the only member of the TARDIS crew for whom they are old enemies. Steven Taylor knows them well. Back in his days as a pilot, on his twenty first birthday, Steven's ship was brought down b A sequel to The Rocket Men. Back in his days as a pilot, on his twenty first birthday, Steven's ship was brought down by the malevolent Van Cleef. He barely escaped with his life. And now he's going to have to go through that again. But this time round, he knows what happens. And he knows there's no way out. Steven Taylor has to make a choice. A choice where either way Get A Copy. Audio CD. More Details The Companion Chronicles 7. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Doctor Whoplease sign up. Return of the Rocket Men with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 22, Jacqueline O. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. However, really it's just another appearance of the villainous Rocket Men who are space pirates, so if you haven't listened to the first one, you can still follow this story. And this story is really about Steven - it fills in his history and lets us know who Steven really is. The story opens with Steven basically acting as a space trucker. He's piloting a ship that hauls containers of supplies for a new colony Return of the Rocket Men. Steven is shot down and his cargo stolen by the Rocket Men. The leader, Van Cleef, even tortures Steven by shooting him in the legs. But then Steven, much to his surprise is rescued by another Rocket Men. Steven cannot see the face of this benevolent Rocket Man because of his visor, helmet, and leather uniform. But as this mysterious man rescues Steven, Steven looks on in shock, the man turns and is shot in the chest by Van Cleef. On the TARDIS, the Doctor is experimenting with a new device that can Return of the Rocket Men the positions of the stars to tell the exact date, minus the year. Steven notes, in surprise, that it is his birthday. Dodo is excited by this news and rushes off inside the TARDIS to find him a present, then presents him with a diary for Steven thinks to himself that it's a useless gift but thanks Dodo anyway. But they meet the colony leader, Carson, and his daughter, Carla, who urge the Doctor, Dodo, and Steven to take shelter. In a cave, they meet the colonists, men, women, and teenagers, there to prepare the first steps of the colony before the main ship arrives with a hundred people. But they are being attacked by a faceless enemy. Supplies are being stolen by raiders, pirates, even before they reach orbit. As the group discusses this, Dodo and Carla return to say a delivery is arriving. They rush to the cafe mouth as the ship ducks, weaves, and maneuvers it's way before successfully landing. The ship successfully lands, and the colonists begin to unload supplies. Much to Steven's surprise he recognizes the pilot, his name is Ford and he flew with him in the space trucking business. Steven now knows exactly what year it is - and he has cause to worry. As the colonists unload supplies, the Rocket Men arrive by ship and a troop descends by their backpack rockets. Steven encourages the colonists to make a stand, especially as the last container of supplies includes devices they can easily use as weapons. The colonists are successful and capture about twenty Rocketmen. But then more appear on the ridges surrounding the plain. They hold the women and children from the caves captive. The leader, Van Cleef releases his men, kills Return of the Rocket Men named Rameriz for "disobeying orders" and kills Ford. Then Return of the Rocket Men take the women and children, including Dodo hostage and disappear. Steven puts on Rameriz's uniform and takes the flyer. He knows what he must do - he knows because it's already happened. Steven is at peace with knowing he is doomed, but he will save his younger self. As he approaches the Rocketman's base on one of the moons of the system, he receives a radio call from the Doctor - Carson has told him several of the women are competent pilots. Steven knows that if he can free the hostages and get them to a ship, someone will be able to fly them back to Return of the Rocket Men colony. Steven finds the hostages and sneaks in, telling Dodo she needs to wait for half an hour as well as the locking code for the container they are in. He also tells them where they might find a ship to return to the colony when it's safe. Things play out as they did before. Steven hears two gunshots while talking to Dodo and knows it's his legs getting shot out from him. Steven hides behind the ship, noting some of the protective tiles have fallen off it. He rushes out, challenges Van Cleef, who is startled by the ghost challenging him. He applies sealant medical foam to his younger self's legs and gets him into the cockpit of his ship, turning on the emergency air supply and beacon. Steven then fights Van Cleef, turning the controls of his rocket pack to full - so he flies off into space. He's shot by Van Cleef. But Steven returns to Dodo and the others. Dodo is anxious and confused - so Steven shows her the diary - which now has a bullet hole in it. The crushed bullet falls out. Steven also puls out one of the ship's tiles from the back cover - his insurance. But even though he is now alright and he and Dodo return to the Doctor and the colonists return to their colony, Steven is now considering leaving the Doctor and doing something else with his life. He'd discussed turning points in his life, how getting shot by the Rocketmen and spending three months in a field hospital had convinced him to join the service and fight in the war. Now he's ready to move on to a new challenge. Overall, this is a good story - it returns to the premise of the Companion Chronicles telling stories from the Companion's point of view so we can learn more about them. Even though Steven's always been one of the more boring companions to me - this story is good, it let's the listener learn who Steven is. Return of the Rocket Men 13, Jamie Revell rated it really liked it Return of the Rocket Men 1st-doctoraudio-plays. A First Doctor story told from the perspective of Steven, this is, rather obviously, a sequel to The Rocket Menwhich introduced the gang of murderous jet-pack Return of the Rocket Men space pirates. There are a number of deliberate parallels between the two stories other than the Return of the Rocket Men of the villains. Once again, it starts in media resalthough here, the rest of the story is told in chronological order, culminating in a reprise of the events of the opening scene told from a different perspective.