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Series is Doctor Who - Past Doctors
Doctor Who - Past Doctors:

A series of novels by BBC Worldwide featuring stories of the past Doctors for the television show Doctor Who.
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51 2002 2002 (51) Palace of the Red Sun
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Christopher Bulis  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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Glavis Judd: Protector of the galaxy or interstellar tyrant?  Unscrupulous reporter Dexel Dynes doesn't care.  He's only after a sensational story - the more violent the better.

Meanwhile, the TARDIS has landed Peri and the Doctor on a strangely isolated little world, whose immaculate gardens basking under a tilelass sun seem the very model af tranquility.  Of course, it's too good to be true.

With the threat of invasion looming, the Doctor and Peri set out to confront the lofty Lords of Esselven.  The Doctor must pass safely through the vast gardens of the royal estates while evading the clutches of their fanatical gardeners.  Peri has escaped from all that, only to face the dangers of the dark and mysterious wild woods, which hold their own ancient secrets.

It is a race to save the people of Esselven from the clutches of Glavis Judd.  But who umongst the garden world's strange inhabitants can they trust, when nobody is quite what they seem?  As time runs out, will Peri and the Doctor discover who really rules inside the Palace of the Red Sun>
52 2002 2002 (52) Amorality Tale
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David Bishop  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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'Those people that die must die.  It's history, it's already happened and there's nothing we can do to prevent it, Sarah.'

East End gangster Tommy Ramsey emerges from prison in 1952, determined to retake control of his territory on the streets of Shoreditch.  But new arrivals threaten his grip on all illegal activity in the area.

An evangelical minister at St Luke's Church is persuading people to seek redemption for their sins.  A new gang is claiming the streets.  And a watchmender called Doctor John Smith is leading a revolt against the Ramsey Mob's protection racket.

But when Tommy strikes back against his enemies, a far more terrifying threat is revealed.  Within hours the city's air begins turning into nerve gas and thousands are killed by the choking fumes.  London is dying...
53 2002 2002 (53) Warmonger
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Terrance Dicks  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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This is High Treason, and for this you deserve death. However, in view of your past service, the sentence is commuted to exile. You leave Gallifrey this day, never to return.'

A chain of events has been set in motion that will change the Doctor and Peri forever. A chain that involves old enemies as well as old friends.
How did Peri come to be the leader of a gang of rebel fighters on an outlying planet? Who is the mysterious 'General' against whom they are rebelling so violently? Where does the so-called 'Supremo', leader of the Alliance forces ranged against the General, come from, and why is he so interested in Peri?

The answers lie in the origins of a conflict that will affect the whole cosmos - a conflict that will find humans, Sontarans, Draconians and even Cybermen fighting together for the greater good and glory. For the Supremo.

It is a conflict that will test both the Doctor and Peru to the limit, and bring them face to face with the dark sides of their own personalities.

This adventure features the Fifth Doctor and Peri.
54 2002 2002 (54) Ten Little Aliens
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Stephen Cole  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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Far out in space, on the ragged edges of Earth's bloated empire, an elite unit of soldiers is on a training mission. But deep in the heart of the hollowed-out planetoid that forms their battleground, a chilling secret waits to be discovered: ten alien corpses, frozen in time at the moment of violent, bloody death.

The bodies are those of the empire's most wanted terrorists, and their discovery could end a war of attrition devastating the galaxy. But is the same force that slaughtered them still lurking in the dark tunnels of the training ground? And what are its plans for the people of Earth?

When the Doctor arrives on the planetoid with Ben and Polly, he soon scents a net tightening about them. And as the soldiers begin to disappear one by one, paranoia spreads; is the real enemy out there in the darkness, or somewhere among them?

This adventure features the First Doctor and Ben and Polly.
55 2002 2002 (55) Combat Rock
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Mick Lewis  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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When 400-year-old tribal mummies inexplicably return to life and begin murdering tourists on an exotic alien island, the Doctor's initial urge to investigate lands himself, Jamie and Victoria right in the middle of a jungle holocaust.

Ferocious cannibals and deadly beasts stalk the swamps, mummies lurk amongst the trees and the peaceful, civilised locals are reverting to long-forgotten head-hunting practices. Something is giving a clarion call to savagery, something that can only be found in the deepest darkness at the heart of the hostile rainforest.

It could be the end of the river for the TARDIS companions as they find themselves involved in a horrific jungle conflict between desperate guerilla tribesmen and merciless colonial forces. Cannibalism could be the least of the worries as evil stirs the pot and the dead reach for the living...

This adventure features the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria.
56 2002 2002 (56) The Suns of Caresh
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Paul Saint  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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Jo gripped the sides of the console. Even over the roar of the engine she could hear branches whipping and snapping against the TARDIS exterior.

The view on the scanner was receding at the speed of an express train. It showed a swathe of destruction they were leaving behind them, a ragged, police-box-shaped tunnel through the forest.

In England, a hotel worker has been turned to stone, an ancient lake has vanished, and an inmate of a mental hospital is being terrorised by unseen creatures. In Israel, in the shadow of Masada, an archeological dig unearths something that should have stayed buried.

The Doctor is sure that he is dealing with a local and relatively straightforward temporal anomaly. Troy Game, a refugee from the planet Caresh, is not so certain. She believes the impending destruction of her home world is somehow linked to the events on Earth, and she is pinning her hopes on the Doctor to avert catastrophe.

But can the Doctor interfere with a planet's destiny? And should he risk his new-found freedom to do it?

This story features the Third Doctor and Jo.
57 2002 2002 (57) Heritage
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Dale Smith  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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Things go missing on Heritage. It's one of the hazards of living here. One of the many hazards.

Nobody visits Heritage. Why would they? Dry, dusty and hot, it's nothing but a failed mining colony too stupid to realise that it's actually dead. No-one wants to visit, least of all Ace. But the Doctor's got his hearts set on a flying visit, just while they're in the neighbourhood. That's when he finds that Heritage wants visitors just as much as visitors want them.

So, while Ace is getting friendly with the locals, the Doctor is trying his best to convince them he's not interested in their secrets. All he wants is a few quite days and a nice cup of tea.

Trouble is, secrets have a way of unearthing themselves when the Doctor's around. Whether he wants them to or not.

This adventure features the Seventh Doctor and Ace
58 2003 2003 (58) Fear of the Dark
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Trevor Baxendale  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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On the very edge of the galaxy lies Akoshemon: a putrefied world of legendary evil.

In the year 2382 archaeologists land on Akoshemon's only moon, searching for evidence of the planet's infamous past. But when the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are drawn into the lunar caverns they find more than a team of academics - and help uncover more than ancient history.

Something is lying in wait, deep inside the labyrinth of caves: something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation that ruined Akoshemon. Something that rejoiced in every kind of horror and destruction.

An age-old terror is about to be reborn. But what is the hideous secret of the Bloodhunter? And why does Nyssa feel that her thoughts are no longer her own? Forced to confront his own worst fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point - and beyond.

This adventure features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan.
59 2003 2003 (59) Blue Box
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Kate Orman  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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WHAT LURKS IN THE ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH?

'A timely look at a vital issue of today... you will never look at a
computer the same way.' - Phreakphest

A DRAMATIC TRUE STORY OF HI-TECH CRIME

The Nineteen-Eighties; as we enter the age of the Computer, the newborn
'Internet' spreads across America, and the computer invasion enters out
homes. Across the technological frontier, and incredible war begins between
the data criminals and their savvy opponents.

A brilliant young programmer, a beautiful college student, and a mysterious
hacker known only as 'The Doctor' join forces to combat an electronic threat
that has fallen into the hands of a notorious computer outlaw.

Respected computer journalist Charles 'Chick' Peters was an eye witness as
these unlikely heroes fought their hi-tech skirmishes across the nation's
vulnerable capitol - and inside the world of the computer. BLUE BOX is the
compelling true story of a secret computer project that could literally
change the way you think.

This adventure features the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
60 2003 2003 (60) Loving the Alien
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Robert Perry  
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Ace is dead.  Or at least she will be - soon...  In a secret room deep in the TARDIS the Doctor has been examining the body of Ace's future self.  He knows how she was killed, where she was killed and when she was killed.  What he doesn't know is why...

To find the truth the Doctor makes a dangerous decision and takes the unsuspecting Ace to the very time and place of her death, hoping to cheat Time and find her killer before he can strike - but Time has other ideas.  With Ace missing and the clock ticking the Doctor turns to old friends for help and finds that there is unfinished business for his to deal with.

What is the secret experiment being conducted by the British Rocket Group?  Why are giant ants appearing in the suburbs of 1950s London?  Who is the mysterious figure that is watching the Doctor's every move?

As events spiral out of control the Doctor realises that someone is manipulating time with careless disregard for the consequences to Ace - or the rest of the universe...

This adventure features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.
61 2003 2003 (61) The Colony of Lies
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Colin Brake  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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According to popular legend, the great humanitarian Stewart Ransom founded the Independent Earth Colony on Axista Four in the year 2439, but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...

The year is 2539.  Arriving on Axista Four the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos.  A breakaway group of colonists - the 'Realists' - has abandoned Ransom's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement.  The 'Loyalists' who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction.

Meanwhile, a spaceship from Earth has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake.

Who are the dog-like aliens who call themselves Tyrenians?  What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator Greene?  And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago?

This adventure features the Second Doctor, Zoe and Jamie and the Seventh Doctor and Ace.
62 2003 2003 (62) Wolfsbane
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Jacqueline Rayner  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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Harry Sullivan.
Died 28 November 1936.
Deliver us from evil.


Harry is dead.  Having left him abandoned and alone in pre-war Britain, the Doctor and Sarah try to solve the mystery of his death.  But the only witness is in a lunatic asylum, driven mad by what he has seen.  He tells of murder and mutilation, of living trees and long-dead legends, of wolfmen and war...  And of a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor.

Can it be true that Harry discovered the last resting place of the Holy Grail?  Why are the flowers and trees in a Somerset village in full bloom at Christmas?  And is it just a coincidence that Harry died under a full moon?

This adventure features the Fourth and Eighth Doctors, Sarah Jane and Harry.
63 2003 2003 (63) Deadly Reunion
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Terrance Dicks  
Barry Letts  
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"With one glance he will destroy your body and wither your soul."

Second-Lieutenant Lethbridge-Stewart gets more than he bargained for when he is assigned to map out Greek islands at the end of the Second World War.  Even if he lives to tell the tale, will he remember it?

Years later, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and his colleagues at UNIT investigate a spate of unexplained deaths and murders.  Meanwhile, the Third Doctor and Jo are caught up in strange events in the small English Village of Hob’s Haven.

As preparations get underway for a massive pop concert, a sinister cult prepares for a day of reckoning - business as usual for UNIT.  But can the Brigadier help prevent the end of the world?  His friends and colleagues are not so sure, because this time, the Brigadier has fallen in love...

This special 40th Anniversary Doctor Who adventure features the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, and UNIT.  It is written by Barry Letts - Producer of the Third Doctor’s television stories - and Terrance Dicks - Script Editor for the latter part of the Second Doctor’s era and all the Third Doctor television stories.
64 2004 2004 (64) Scream of the Shalka
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Paul Cornell  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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When the Doctor lands his TARDIS in the Lancaster town of Lannet, in the present, he finds that somehing is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out onto the streets at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking questions.

What alien force has invaded the town? Why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? And what plans does it have for the future of the planet Earth?

The Doctor is helped (and hindered) by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troops. His old enemy the Master also plays a small part. During the course of this adventure he encounters a brand new race of ferocious alien monsters, and strikes up a friendship with his latest companion, Alison.

While starting with a small community under threat, this old-fashioned, very traditional but very up-to-date Doctor Who story takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.

This is the novelisation of BBCi's acclaimed animated Doctor Who adventure, first broadcast over the Internet in November 2003.
65 2004 2004 (65) Empire of Death
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David Bishop  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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In 1856, a boy discovers he can speak with the voices of the dead.  He grows up to become one of England's most celebrated spiritualists.

In 1863 the British Empire is effectively without a leader.  Queen Victoria is inconsolable with grief following the death of her beloved husband, Prince Albert.  The monarch's last hope is a secret séance.

The Doctor and Nyssa are also coming to terms with loss following the death of Adric and Tegan's sudden departure.  Trying to visit the Great Exhibition of 1851, the time travellers are shocked when Adric's ghost appears in the TARDIS, beckoning them to the Other Side.

What is hidden in a drowned village guarded by the British Army?  Is there life after death and can it be reached by those still alive?  And why is the Doctor so terrified of facing his own ghosts?

This story features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.
66 2004 2004 (66) The Eleventh Tiger
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David A McIntee  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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"May you live in interesting times."

The TARDIS crew have seen many times.  When they arrive in China in 1865, they find banditry, rebellion, and foreign oppression rife.  Trying to maintain order are the British Empire and the Ten Tigers of Canton, the most respected martial arts masters in the world.

There is more to the chaos than mere human violence and ambition.  Can legends of ancient vengeance be coming true?  Why does everyone Ian meets already know who he is?  The Doctor has his suspicions, but he is occupied by challenges of his own.  Soon the teachers must learn that sometimes the greatest danger is not from the enemy, but from the heart.

In interesting times, love can be a weakness, hatred an illusion, order chaos, and ten Tigers not enough.

This adventure features the First Doctor.
67 2004 2004 (67) Synthespians™
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Craig Paul Hinton  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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'We've been colonising other planets for a thousand million years,' she said, turning to the camera and giving her trademark smile.  All right, Mr Matheson - I'm ready for my close-up.'

In the 101st century, nostalgia is everything.  Television from the 20th century is the new obsession, and Reef Station One is receiving broadcasts from a distant Earth of the past, transmitting them to a waiting audience.

When the Doctor and Peri arrive on Reef Station One, they find a fractured society, totally dependant on film and television.  They also discover that the Republic's greatest entrepreneur is in league with one of the Doctor's oldest enemies.

As the alien influence spreads its tentacles throughout the Republic, the Doctor and Peri must unravel the link between Walter J. Matheson's business empire and the invaders.  Because, if they don't, they'll end up in the deadliest soap opera of all time.

This adventure features the Sixth Doctor and Peri.
68 2004 2004 (68) The Algebra of IceLloyd Rose  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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69 2004 2004 (69) The Indestructible Man
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Simon Messingham  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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The Myloki.  Mysterious aliens from beyond Space and Time.

Their target: EARTH


The human defenders of PRISM are enmeshed in a doomed interstellar war against an unknowable invader with the power to possess, duplicate and destroy from within.

Only one man stands in their way.  A man destiny has made indestructable.

Against all odds the legendary Indestructable Man saves the Earth but victory comes at the highest price.  The world economy collapses, governments crumble and PRISM itself is torn apart by a best-selling exposé.

AD2096; PRISM has gone underground, becoming the clandestine SILOET headed by new commander Hal Bishop.

Bishop receives an urgent summons to his headquarters.  An infiltrator has been unmasked and captured in the heart of SILOET itself.  Fatally wounded, the infiltrator makes a miraculous recovery.  It appears he is indestructable.

The implications are terrifying.

The Myloki may just have returned.  And who is left to stop them?

This adventure features the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe.
70 2005 2005 (70) Match of the DayChris Boucher  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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71 2005 (71) Island of DeathBarry Letts  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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72 2005 (72) Spiral ScratchGary Russell  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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73 2005 (73) Fear ItselfNick Wallace  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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74 2005 2005 (74) World GameTerrance Dicks  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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75 2005 (75) The Time TravellersSimon Guerrier  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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76 2005 2005 (76) Atom Bomb BluesAndrew Cartmel  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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