Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!" In a lair somewhere beneath central London, a malevolent alien intelligence is plotting the end of humanity. Shop window dummies that can move-and kill-are taking up key positions, ready to strike. Rose Tyler, an ordinary Londoner, is working her shift in a department store, unaware that this is the most important day of her life. She's about to meet the only man who understands the true nature of the threat facing Earth, a stranger who will open her eyes to all the wonder and terror of the universe-a traveler in time and space known as the Doctor. Rose is the story that brought Doctor Who back for the 21st century - and Russell T. Davies's novelization, based on his script, set the standard for new-era Target novelisations. Now, with illustrations by acclaimed artist Robert Hack. this is Rose as you've never seen it before!