Paradox Lost (novel)

Paradox Lost
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Amy, Rory
Main enemy:	The Squall
Main setting:	London, 1910 and 2789
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Writer:	George Mann
Read by:	Nicholas Briggs
Release details
Release number:	47
Release date:	23 June 2011
Format:	Hardcover, 238 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
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Paradox Lost was the eleventh Eleventh Doctor novel 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.

Plot

to be added

Characters

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

References

• While fleeing the Squall in a car, the Doctor says that he "hasn't had this much fun since Bessie."

Notes

• This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
• Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a "tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat" (Eighth Doctor), a man with "teeth and curls" and "a long woollen scarf" (Fourth Doctor), a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent" (Ninth Doctor), and a man clad in a "pantomime coat of many colours" (Sixth Doctor).

Audio release

• The story was released as an audiobook download read by Nicholas Briggs, and was available from the AudioGo website before the company went into administration.

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

• The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, et al)
• The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. (TV: The End of Time, et al)
• Rory recalls aliens made of wool (PROSE: The Glamour Chase), vampire creatures (TV: The Vampires of Venice) and nuclear bombs. (PROSE: Nuclear Time)
• The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in TV: 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. (TV: Flesh and Stone) This factory, however, has live animals within it.
• Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". (TV: 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. (TV: Planet of the Dead)
• The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. (TV: The Big Bang)

External links

• The Cloister Library: Paradox Lost