''Twilight of the Gods'' is a novel by

Mark Clapham Mark Clapham (born 1976) is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular relating to '' Doctor Who'' (and its spin-offs) and Warhammer 40,000. Writing Clapham started out writing ''D ...

and

Jon de Burgh Miller Jon de Burgh Miller is an author most associated with his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series '' Doctor Who''. He is also co-owner of and regular reviewer on the Shiny Shelf website. Work Miller's first published fict ...

from the

Virgin New Adventures The ''Virgin New Adventures'' (NA series, or NAs) are a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They continued the story of the Doctor from the point at which the televisio ...

with the fictional archaeologist

Bernice Summerfield Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length '' Doctor Wh ...

as its main character. The New Adventures were 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''. ''Twilight of the Gods'' was the twenty-third and final New Adventure featuring only Bernice after Virgin lost the licence to publish original ''Doctor Who'' fiction. The novel features the return of the Ferutu, thought destroyed after the events of the Missing Adventure ''

Cold Fusion Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. It would contrast starkly with the "hot" fusion that is known to take place naturally within stars and artificially in hydrogen bombs and p ...

''.

Plot

God-like beings have shattered the peace of Dellah, and threaten to spread chaos across the galaxy.

Benny Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard. People Bennie Given name * Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine o ...

and Jason Kane return to the planet in a desperate last attempt to stop them, before the planet is destroyed forever.

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* 1999 British novels 1999 science fiction novels Virgin New Adventures British science fiction novels Novels by Jon de Burgh Miller Novels by Mark Clapham {{1990s-DoctorWho-novel-stub