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Release number 55 Pages 284 | 2.7/5 Goodreads Publication date 2 July 2002 Originally published 2 July 2002 Page count 284 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Dying in the Sun, The Final Sanction, The Indestructible Man, The Colony of Lies, The Murder Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combat Rock is a BBC Books original novel written by Mick Lewis and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Victoria and Jamie.
The story encompasses an extended allegory on Indonesia's colonial treatment of Irian Jaya and draws on Lewis's own experiences in the region. The characters of Jamie and Victoria are also used to explore post-colonial themes.
Placement
Its precise placement in the series continuity is not stated. The Doctor describes landing on a tropical beach as a "welcome change", implying that their last landing was in a more inhospitable place like in the serial The Ice Warriors or the novel Dreams of Empire. However, it could equally fit in between many of the stories with the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria, in particular the ending of The Abominable Snowmen.