''Doctor Who: Harvest of Time'' is a

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novel by

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. It features the Third Doctor (as portrayed by

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, the Master (as portrayed by

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, and other familiar characters from the Third Doctor era of ''

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''. ''Harvest of Time'', a

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original novel, was published in June 2013.Crown Publishing Press Release on ''Harvest of Time''.
Retrieved 28 June 2013. It was simultaneously released as an eBook and in an unabridged audio version read by

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Plot

The Doctor and the Master must make an uneasy alliance to overcome a common enemy, the Sild, which have been attacking the Earth and using the Master as their tool of conquest. With the Brigadier, UNIT, and others gradually forgetting who the Master is, the Doctor and the Master must defeat the Sild before the Master becomes unstitched from time and the Earth is overrun by the vicious Sild. The events of the novel take place at some point after

The Dæmons ''The Dæmons'' is the fifth and final serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in five weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 May to 19 June 1971. In the serial, the alien ...

and before

The Sea Devils ''The Sea Devils'' is the third serial of the ninth season of the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 1 April 1972. It was written by Ma ...

; settings include a North Sea oil rig and a distant planet in a very distant future.Reynolds, Alistair (2013). ''Harvest of Time''. .

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''Harvest of Time'' at the TARDIS Library
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