The Janus Conjunction

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Author(s):

Trevor Baxendale

First Pub:

1998

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

1998

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

782

Series:

The Scarlet Empress
Beltempest

Doctor Who - 8th Doctor*

#16 of 73

Doctor Who - 8th Doctor*

A series of books featuring the 8th Doctor from the once popular British television show Doctor Who.

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1) The Eight Doctors
2) Vampire Science
3) The Bodysnatchers
4) Genocide
5) War of the Daleks
6) Alien Bodies
7) Kursaal
8) Option Lock
9) Longest Day
10) Legacy of the Daleks
11) Dreamstone Moon
12) Seeing I
13) Placebo Effect
14) Vanderdeken's Children
15) The Scarlet Empress
16) The Janus Conjunction
17) Beltempest
18) The Face-Eater
19) The Taint
20) Demontage
21) Revolution Man
22) Dominion
23) Unnatural History
24) Autumn Mist
25) Interference Book One: Shock Tactic
26) Interference Book Two: The Hour of the Geek
27) The Blue Angel
28) Taking of Planet 5
29) Frontier Worlds
30) Parallel 59
31) Shadows of Avalon
32) The Fall of Yquatine
33) Coldheart
34) The Space Age
35) The Banquo Legacy
36) The Ancestor Cell
37) The Burning
38) Casualties of War
39) The Turing Test
40) Endgame
41) Father Time
42) Escape Velocity
43) Earthworld
44) Vanishing Point
45) Eater of Wasps
46) The Year of Intelligent Tigers
47) The Slow Empire
48) Dark Progeny
49) City of the Dead
50) Grimm Reality
51) The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
52) Mad Dogs and Englishmen
53) Hope
54) Anachrophobia
55) Trading Futures
56) The Book of the Still
57) The Crooked World
58) History 101
59) Camera Obscura
60) Time Zero
61) The Infinity Race
62) The Domino Effect
63) Reckless Engineering
64) The Last Resort
65) Timeless
66) Emotional Chemistry
67) Sometime Never...
68) Halflife
69) The Tomorrow Windows
70) The Sleep of Reason
71) The Deadstone Memorial
72) To the Slaughter
73) The Gallifrey Chronicles

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TARDIS: "...Then, ahead of her, she saw a light flashing in the air - a small white beacon about three metres off the ground. A strange noise accompanied the light, a distant mechanical wheezing which seemed to grow louder and louder.
Then, with a rush of displaced air, a tall blue box appeared in front of her. The noise faded and the lamp on its roof stopped flashing..."

Synopsis (may contain spoilers)

This is a decent story but one that is pretty obvious.

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Characters

Doctor 8 - (Doctor)
Samantha Jones - (Companion)

Added: 01-Jan-2001

Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

05-Oct-1998

BBC Books

Date Issued:

05-Oct-1998

Pages*:

283

Read:

Once

Internal ID:

679

Publisher:

BBC Books

ISBN:

0-563-40599-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-563-40599-3

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

Black Sheep - Cover Artist

The planets Janus Prime and Menda are diametrically opposed on orbit around a vast Red Giant star. But while Menda is rich and fertile in the light of the sun, Janus Prime endures everlasting night, its moon causing a permanent solar eclipse.

When the Doctor and Sam arrive on Janus Prime, they find themselves in the middle of a war between rival humans colonising the area. The planet is littered with ancient ruins, and the Mendans are using a mysterious hyperspatial link left behind by the planet's former inhabitants. But what is its true purpose?

The Doctor and Sam must piece together a centuries old puzzle. How can Janus Prime's moon weigh billions of tons more than it should? Why is the planet riddled with deadly radiation? As the violence escalates around them, will the time-travelers survive to discover the answer?

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