''Rags'' is a

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original novel written by Mick Lewis and based on the long-running British

science fiction television Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary ...

series '' Doctor Who''. It features the

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and Jo.

Premise

A strange group of musicians begins giving free outdoor concerts across the West of England, attracting a caravan of young, alienated followers. The Doctor investigates the unearthly forces behind the band and the odd acts of violence that follow in its wake.

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