''Millennial Rites'' is an original novel written by

Craig Hinton Craig Paul Alexander Hinton (7 May 1964 – 3 December 2006) was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs from the BBC Television series '' Doctor Who''. He also wrote articles for various science fiction magazines, a ...

and based on the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who''. It features the

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and Mel.

Plot

The Doctor and Mel land in London, 1999, to celebrate the New Year. But other forces are making deadlier preparations to ring in the new millennium: a software firm is about to run a program that will change the very fabric of reality, while an ancient entity from the universe's origins is due for resurrection. When Anne Travers' fear of the Great Intelligence, and millionaire Ashley Chapel's research combine, London is set to be transformed into a terrifying place inhabited by unimaginable dangers.

Outside references

The first half of the novel was based on Craig's time working at IBM's Warwick Software Development Lab. A blast of psychic energy released in the novel is felt all across the globe by those attuned to such things. These include " a thoughtful man levitating in a voluminous blue cloak" in New York and " a blond-haired man in a dirty beige trenchcoat" drinking Guinness in a

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pub. The book makes reference to The Library of St. John the Beheaded created by Andy Lane, who had attended the same university as Craig Hinton.

References

1995 British novels 1995 science fiction novels Virgin Missing Adventures Sixth Doctor novels Novels by Craig Hinton Fiction featuring the turn of the third millennium {{DoctorWho-stub