War of the Robots (adventure book)

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War of the Robots
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Author Trevor Baxendale
Series Doctor Who book:
Decide Your Destiny
Release number
6
SubjectFeaturing:
Tenth Doctor
Martha
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
4 October 2007
Pages128
ISBN 978-1-4059-0382-0
Preceded by The Crystal Snare  
Followed by Dark Planet  

"War of the Robots" is a BBC Books adventure book written by Trevor Baxendale and is based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha.

Contents

This is part of the Decide Your Destiny series which make the reader choose what happens in the book.

Plot

On a distant world populated by robots, war has been raging for many years. Can you, the Doctor and Martha discover why the robots are fighting and end the war once and for all?

Reception

The book has received some mixed reviews. [1] It was part of a second set of four books, which were successful enough to allow the range to continue.

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References

  1. ""Doctor Who - Decide Your Destiny: War of the Robots" by Trevor Baxendale". My Cultural Experience. 13 June 2008.