Release number 37 Pages 279 Genre Speculative fiction Preceded by Independence Day | Publication date November 2000 Originally published November 2000 Page count 279 Publisher BBC Books | |
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Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures Subject Featuring:
Fifth Doctor
Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, and UNIT Set in Period between
The Awakening and Frontios Similar Keith Topping books, Doctor Who BBC Past Doctors books, Speculative fiction books | ||
The King of Terror is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, and UNIT.
The title may be a reference to a purported prophecy by Nostradamus predicting the arrival of a "King of Terror." Some scholars have argued the phrase is a misinterpretation of one French word for another, but nevertheless it remains in popular use.
Plot
Suspecting the American multimedia company Intercom of nefarious activities, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and Tegan to investigate. At their Los Angeles HQ, the pair run into terrorists obsessed with an ancient prophecy and aliens who turn the city into a battle ground.
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