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Release number 22 Pages 292 Genre Speculative fiction Preceded by The Eye of the Giant | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date May 1996 Originally published May 1996 Page count 292 Publisher Virgin Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin Missing Adventures Subject Featuring:
Fifth Doctor
Nyssa
Tegan Set in Period between
Arc of Infinity and
Snakedance Similar Justin Richards books, Virgin Missing Adventures books, Speculative fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sands of Time is a 1996 Virgin Missing Adventures original novel written by Justin Richards based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan. The story is a sequel to the 1975 Fourth Doctor Pyramids of Mars and once again features the Osirans.
Contents
Plot
Visiting the British Museum, Nyssa is soon kidnapped leaving the Doctor and Tegan to face the consequences of an Ancient Egyptian prophecy.
Continuity
This book uses the spelling "Osiran", which matches the pronunciation of the word in the Pyramids of Mars, although production paperwork on that serial spells it as "Osirans" and "Osirians" in different places.
References
The Sands of Time (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA