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original novel written by

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and based on the long-running British

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series ''

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''. It features the

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and

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Synopsis

The Doctor wishes to return a communications device he had borrowed from the Mendeb system years ago. Being a time lord, he reasons he can put it back before anybody notices anything is wrong. However, when he arrives he comes to believe he is far too late to fix things; an invasion seems to have resulted because of his actions.

Continuity

* The book also features a brief appearance by the

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and

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, however they do not interact in person with the Seventh Doctor or Ace. * Ace almost leaves the Doctor towards the end of this novel. She would eventually leave the Doctor first in the novel '' Love and War'', and again later in ''

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''.

Outside References

*The book references the movie ''

Withnail and I ''Withnail and I'' is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Gran ...

''. Many years after the movie was made, but prior to the release of this novel, its stars

Paul McGann Paul John McGann (; born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial ''The Monocled Mutineer'' (1986), then starred in the dark comedy ''Withnail and I'' (1987), which was a ...

and Richard E. Grant would eventually become the

Eighth Doctor The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Paul McGann. The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film ''Doctor Who'', a back-door pilo ...

and the voice of the

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, respectively.

External links

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