''The Final Sanction'' is a
BBC Books
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original novel written by
Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British
science fiction television
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series ''
Doctor Who
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''.
It features the
Second Doctor
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,
Zoe and
Jamie
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. It was the last book in the series to use the "silver" version of the film logo.
Synopsis
It is the second and so far final encounter between the Doctor and the
Selachians
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, first introduced by Lyons in his previous Second Doctor novel, ''
The Murder Game''. The year is 2204. The Doctor is caught in human history. When the TARDIS is stolen and Zoe is kidnapped by a Selachian he is forced to intervene in a war. The Doctor most make a painful choice which is more important the flow of a time stream or the lives of his companions.
References
External links
*
The Cloister Library - ''The Final Sanction''
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1999 British novels
1999 science fiction novels
Past Doctor Adventures
Second Doctor novels
Novels by Steve Lyons
Novels set in the 23rd century