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Prime Time (novel)

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Release number
  
33

Pages
  
234

Author
  
Mike Tucker

Genre
  
Speculative fiction

Preceded by
  
Heart of TARDIS

Publication date
  
July 2000

Originally published
  
July 2000

Page count
  
234

Publisher
  
BBC Books

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Series
  
Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures

Subject
  
Featuring: Seventh Doctor Ace

Set in
  
Period between Storm Harvest and Heritage

Similar
  
Mike Tucker books, Doctor Who BBC Past Doctors books, Speculative fiction books

Prime Time is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Contents

Synopsis

Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the Time Vortex, the Doctor and Ace land on the planet 'Blinni Gaar'. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment.

Continuity

  • The Master is offered a new body by the Fleshsmiths, as he is infected by the Cheetah Virus, last seen in the story, Survival.
  • The TARDIS is revealed to have an onboard gym.
  • The episode Bad Wolf bears similarities to this novel: mainly the fact the public are obsessed with reality and quiz shows on television.
  • References are made to the Foamasi, who appears in the story The Leisure Hive.

    • References

    Prime Time (novel) Wikipedia
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