''Frayed'' is an original novella written by Tara Samms (a
pseudonym
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for
Stephen Cole) and based on the long-running British
science fiction television
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series ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''. It features the
First Doctor
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Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time L ...
and
Susan. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition () featuring a frontispiece by Chris Moore. Both editions have a foreword by
Stephen Laws
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Laws read law at Bristol, graduating in 1972. He was the first in his family to go to University. After a year ...
.
External links
The Cloister Library - ''Frayed''
Reviews
reviews at Infinity Plus
2003 British novels
2003 science fiction novels
Doctor Who novellas
British science fiction novels
Novels by Stephen Cole
Telos Publishing books
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