Paradox Lost (novel)

Paradox Lost
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams
Main enemy:	The Squall
Main setting:	London, 1910 London, 2789
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	George Mann
Release details
Release number:	47
Release date:	23 June 2011
Format:	Hardcover, 238 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
BBC New Series Adventures
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Paradox Lost was the eleventh Eleventh Doctor novel to be released.

Publisher's summary

"The Squall feed on psychic energy. They spread like a plague and if they are not stopped they will strip the Earth clean..."

London 1910: an unsuspecting thief finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London 2789: the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named 'the Doctor'.

The Doctor and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Amy Pond
• Rory Williams
• Professor Angelchrist
• Arven

References

• While fleeing the Squall in a car the Doctor makes a reference to Bessie.
• Amy brings up the idea of experiments involving drills, but soon states that she "could do without the earth suddenly opening beneath [her] feet again". (DW: The Hungry Earth)
• Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a "tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat" (the Eighth Doctor), a man with "teeth and curls" and "a long wollen scarf" (the Fourth Doctor), a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent" (the Ninth Doctor), and a man clad in a "pantomine coat of many colours" (the Sixth Doctor).

Notes

• This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

• The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". (DW: The Eleventh Hour, et al) It is also an indication to the Eleventh Doctor's fondness for hats. (DW: The Big Bang, The Impossible Astronaut)
• The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. (DW: The End of Time, et al)
• Rory recalls aliens made of wool (NSA: The Glamour Chase), vampire creatures (DW: The Vampires of Venice) and nuclear bombs (NSA: Nuclear Time).
• The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in The Girl in the Fireplace and The Hungry Earth.
• 28th century London has an oxygen factory in its center, similar to the one on the Byzantium. (DW: Flesh and Stone) This factory, however, has live animals within it.
• Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". (DW: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang)
• The Doctor mentions that the rift caused by the Squall is large enough to drive a double decker bus through, then mentions that he has done something similar. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
• The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. (DW: The Big Bang)
• Amy wears her red hudded top from The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone but the right arm becomes torn and she has to leave it behind in 1910.

Timeline

• Paradox Lost takes place after DW: The Big Bang

Audio release

• The story was released as an audiobook download read by Nicholas Briggs available from the AudioGo website.