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Goth Opera

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1994
1996
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Copyright © Paul Cornell 1994
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Kini Brooks, Sarah Groenewegen, Claire Longhurst, Trog, Mark Wyman

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They met a few minutes later in the console room, Tegan having dressed also.  The Doctor stood by the console for a few minutes, listening to the details of Tegan's story, tapping his lips with a finger as if waiting for inspiration.  'I see,' he concluded.  'Now help me think, Tegan.  Where would Nyssa have gone?'
    'To find food?'
    'Exactly!  But she doesn't want to find innocent bystanders.  No, judging by the way you describe it, she's still almost herself.  She can just about keep her urges under control unless provoked.  What are the central facets of Nyssa's character?'
    'Erm, caring?  She care about people?'
    'True, which means she's not going to go hunting if she can help it.  Apart from that?'
    'Learning.  She always wants to learn things.'
    'Correct.  So she'll go to where she can find out more about vampires.  The headquarters of whoever we're up against.  Find that and we find her.'

 

Added: 12-Feb-2003
Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

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 21-Jul-1994
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Date Issued:
21-Jul-1994
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238
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Internal ID:
253
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ISBN:
0-426-20418-2
ISBN-13:
978-0-426-20418-3
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1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
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Alister Pearson  - Cover Artist
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GOTH OPERA
AN ORIGINAL NOVEL FEATURING THE FIFTH DOCTOR, NYSSA AND TEGAN

'THE TIME OF HUMANITY ON THIS WORLD HAS COME TO AN END. THE LONG NIGHT IS STARTING. THE AGE OF THE UNDEAD IS UPON US.'

Manchester, 1993. The vampires of Great Britain have received a message: the long-awaited arrival of their evil messiah is imminent. It's time for a recruitment drive.

On holiday in Tasmania with Tegan and the Doctor, Nyssa is attacked by a demonic child. She escapes unharmed - except for two small wounds in her neck.

Why are the descendants of the Great Vampire so desperate to obtain the blood of a Time Lord? And what is their connection to a forbidden ancient Gallifreyan cult?

Events in this book follow on from those described in the New Adventure BLOOD HARVEST by Terrance Dicks.

This adventure takes place between the television stories SNAKEDANCE and MAWDRYN UNDEAD

PAUL CORNELL has written three books in the New Adventures series, TIMEWYRM: REVELATION, LOVE AND WAR, and NO FUTURE.  He is also co-author of THE AVENGERS PROGRAMME GUIDE.
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Paul Cornell  
Birth: 18 Jul 1967 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK

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