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Doctor Who: The Novel of the Film
The novelization of the 1996 TV movie (unofficially known as Enemy Within) starring Paul McGann was BBC Books' first foray into Doctor Who fiction. Written by Gary Russell and released to coincide with the UK premiere on BBC1.
Blurb: LATE DECEMBER, 1999: the brink of a new millennium. An anachronistic British Police Box materialises in San Francisco's Chinatown amid a hail of bullets which find an unintentional target - a strange man who walks out of the Police Box. Despite the best efforts of Dr Grace Holloway, the unknown traveller dies and his body vanishes. And soon another stranger appears, claiming to be the same man inside a different body; a mysterious wanderer in time and space known only as the Doctor.
But the Doctor is not the only time-traveller in San Francisco. His oldest adversary, the Master, is there as well, desperately trying to steal the Doctor's newly-regenerated body. Before long, the Doctor is faced with a choice: to save his own life, or the billions of people who have no future unless the Master is stopped. If only the Doctor could remember how...
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Blurb: LATE DECEMBER, 1999: the brink of a new millennium. An anachronistic British Police Box materialises in San Francisco's Chinatown amid a hail of bullets which find an unintentional target - a strange man who walks out of the Police Box. Despite the best efforts of Dr Grace Holloway, the unknown traveller dies and his body vanishes. And soon another stranger appears, claiming to be the same man inside a different body; a mysterious wanderer in time and space known only as the Doctor.
But the Doctor is not the only time-traveller in San Francisco. His oldest adversary, the Master, is there as well, desperately trying to steal the Doctor's newly-regenerated body. Before long, the Doctor is faced with a choice: to save his own life, or the billions of people who have no future unless the Master is stopped. If only the Doctor could remember how...
| Written by | Gary Russell, based on a script by Matthew Jacobs. |
| Release Date | May 2006 |
| Codes | ISBN: 0 563 38000 4 |
| Length | 199 pages |
| Character List | |
Protagonists
| The Doctor, Grace Holloway, Chang Lee The Master |
Supporting Characters | David Bailey, Brian, Mrs Carrington, Shelly Curtis, Gareth Fitzpatrick, Bruce Gerhardt, Miranda Gerhardt, Mi-Jung Kanaka, Lana, Old Man Prentiss, Lin Wang, Pete & Ted, Pik Sim, Jim Salinger, Joey Sneller, Professor Sullivan, Dr. Roger Swift, Mrs Gigi Trattorio, Angela Wheeler, Professor Joseph Wagg, Sophie Wagg |
| Setting | San Francisco, New Years Eve, December 1999 |
| Synopsis: | This story is annotated. For a full synopsis visit http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_mov1.htm |
Continuity Notes
| Alien Races | Daleks; Morphant Creature |
| Historical Events | The Master's Extermination The Millennium |
| Organisations | Institute of Technological Advancement & Research (ITAR); KKBE (TV Network); Vyse Security |
| Passing Mentions | Madame Curie, Sigmund Freud, Rassilon |
| Planets & Locations | Skaro |
| Science & Technology | atomic clock, beryllium chip, black holes, cloister bell, Eye of Harmony, neutron rod, temporal orbit |
| Other adventures |
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