''Conundrum'' is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''

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''. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lyons, appeared in ''

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'' #208. This novel is the fourth book in the " Alternate Universe cycle" which continues until '' No Future''.

Plot

What seems to be a simple murder investigation in a quiet English village becomes something far more deadly for the Seventh Doctor and his companions when the inhabitants begin to exhibit superhero abilities...

Continuity

* ''Conundrum'' features the Land of Fiction first seen in the 1968 television serial '' The Mind Robber''. Lyons' later ''New Adventure'' '' Head Games'' is a sequel to this novel and also relates to the Land of Fiction. * This novel is effectively written in the first person by Jason, the Master of the Land of Fiction. This enables

metafiction Metafiction is a form of fiction which emphasises its own narrative structure in a way that continually reminds the audience that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. Metafiction is self-conscious about language, literary form, and story ...

al concepts; for instance, he grows frustrated that he finds it impossible to read the Doctor's mind, a reference to the New Adventures guideline that the books should not show what the Doctor is thinking. * This novel features the second occasion in which the Doctor manages to repair the TARDIS's chameleon circuit, the previous occasion being the Sixth Doctor story ''

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''. Although technically this is not the same TARDIS.

References

1994 British novels 1994 science fiction novels Virgin New Adventures Metafictional novels Novels by Steve Lyons Seventh Doctor novels {{DoctorWho-stub