''The Blue Angel'' is an original novel written by

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and Jeremy Hoad and based on the long-running British

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''. It features the

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Notes

*The novel has been dramatised by Dr. Piers Britton for a design class at the

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, California. The setting and some of the characters from the Obverse Universe featured in the book were re-used by Philip Purser-Hallard in his ''Doctor Who'' short story
Cabinet of Changes
. *In his review of the novel, Robert Shearman noted the striking similarity between the portrayal of Fitz and the then Conservative Party leader,

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. "Despite the plot pyrotechnics," he wrote, "there is a great deal of crossover between this novel, in its portrayal of a bygone England and the Conservative manifesto of the last general election.".

References

External links

The Cloister Library - ''The Blue Angel''
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Reviews

The Whoniverse's review on ''The Blue Angel''
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