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 |image = The Indestructible Man.jpg
 |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
-|number = 68
+|number = 67
 |doctor = Second Doctor
 |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
-|enemy = The [[Myloki]], Karl Taylor Duplicate
+|enemy = The [[Myloki]], [[Karl Taylor]] Duplicate
 |setting = {{il|[[The Moon]], [[2068]]|[[London|West London]], [[2096]]}}
-|writer = [[Simon Messingham]]
+|writer = Simon Messingham
 |publisher = BBC Books
-|cover=[[Black Sheep]]
+|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
-|release date = [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
+|release date = 1 November 2004
 |format = Paperback Book; 32 Chapters, 256 Pages
 |isbn = ISBN 0-563-48623-6
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 |next = Match of the Day (novel)
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-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-eighth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Messingham]], released [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Messingham]], released [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].
 This was Messingham's third and final contribution to the Past Doctor Adventures range.
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 * Major [[Maxwell (The Indestructible Man)|Maxwell]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-=== The Doctor ===
+=== Food and beverages ===
-* The Doctor is shot through the head, with his skull and frontal lobe being damaged by the bullet, followed by him breaking his nose, jaw, right femur, and collarbone, along with suffering spine damage, when he falls off a walkway. The resulting [[regeneration]] is halted when [[Myloki]] "matter" is injected into his body, delaying his body's attempt to rewire his DNA and allowing him to recover from his injuries without regenerating.
+* The Doctor cheerfully consumes [[tea]], [[biscuit]]s, [[sandwich]]es and a full [[roast dinner]] while recovering. Whilst visiting Barbados, he discovers that he likes peppered [[Charcoal grill|grilled]] [[fish]] wrapped in [[banana]] [[Leaf|leaves]]. He eats a dish containing [[shrimp]] and fresh [[Vegetable|vegetables]] prepared by Matthews on [[Sharon Island]], followed by eight [[Banana fritter|banana fritters]] and [[ice cream]].
+* Zoe drinks tea, but dislikes it and can't get used to it. [[Wine]] makes her giddy. She eats a spicy linguine in a restaurant with Mark.
 === Individuals ===
 * Jamie believes the Doctor is actually a [[robot]] duplicate until Captain Black attacks the Doctor.
 * Mrs Craig calls the Doctor "Doctor [[Rip Van Winkle]]".
-== Locations ==
+=== Locations ===
 * Other parts of SILOET include [[Lunar Base]], [[SKYHOME]], [[OCEAN FLOOR]], [[KINGFISHER]] and [[SEWARD]].
+=== Other ===
+* Alex Storm says proof of [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|the 1986 Cyberman invasion]] was "there in black and white", an in-joke about the 60s episodes.
 == Notes ==
-[[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].]]
+[[File:DWM_350_The_Indestructible_Man.jpg|thumb|An illustrated preview of the comic printed in [[DWM 350]].]]
-* The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'' and ''UFO'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]], while [[SILOET]] and its front as a TV and film company (specifically the [[BBC]] and [[Television Centre]]) is a homage to SHADO, the agency from ''UFO''. (Since the book was made, the BBC moved out of Television Centre) Both SPECTRUM and SHADO were global security agencies handling covert alien incidents, though they were unrelated unlike their homages.
+* The novel pays homage to the works of [[Century 21 Productions|Gerry & Sylvia Anderson]]. The primary basis is ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet]] and the Mysterons'' and ''UFO'': [[PRISM]], the Myloki and the eponymous Indestructible Man are based on SPECTRUM, the Mysterons and Captain [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Scarlet]], while [[SILOET]] and its front as a TV and film company (specifically the [[BBC]] and [[Television Centre]]) is a homage to SHADO, the agency from ''UFO''. (Since the book was written, the BBC have moved out of Television Centre.) Both SPECTRUM and SHADO were global security agencies handling covert alien incidents, though they were unrelated unlike their homages.
-* Some UNIT paperwork was destroyed to save space - a reference to the destruction of Second Doctor tapes by the BBC.
+* PRISM is a successor to "several" anti-alien agencies, including [[UNIT]]. While PRISM formed some time before the Myloki contact, old paper documents were still being transferred from UNIT's files to PRISM during the war.
-* This would be the final novel to feature the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe until the novel ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' in August 2012.
+* Some UNIT paperwork was destroyed to save space - a reference to the destruction of Second Doctor tapes by the BBC.
-* An illustrated preview of the comic was printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issue [[DWM 350|350]].
+* This would be the final novel to feature the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe until the novel ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' in [[August (releases)|August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].
+* An illustrated preview of the comic was printed in [[DWM 350]].
 == Continuity ==
-* PRISM is a successor to "several" anti-alien agencies, including [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. While PRISM formed some time before the Myloki contact, old paper documents were still being transferred from UNIT's files to PRISM during the war.
 * Alex Storm has read classified UNIT files from the [[20th century]] which contain numerous references to the Doctor, including accounts of the [[Mondas]] "asteroid" in [[December]] [[1986]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') the rise and fall of [[International Electromatics]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') the evacuation of [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') the incident with the [[Axos|Axons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') and a report from [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] regarding a [[Third Doctor|man]] in a [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital|hospital bed]] who had [[regeneration|changed his appearance]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
-* Humans are fully aware of some alien invasions, and the Myloki are cited as more alien than the historical "[[Cybermen]] or [[Axon]]s or [[Silurian|lizards]]". However, even Commander Bishop is unaware [[Mondas]] wasn't an asteroid that blew up - a continuity gaffe, as the Mondas invasion is known history in ''[[The Moonbase]]'' - or that the Cybermen used [[International Electromatics]].
+* Zoe recalls life aboard [[Space Station W3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
-* Zoe recalls life aboard [[Space Station W3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') In this story, she was born many years after the events of this story (but is unaware of any of it); other stories have placed ''Wheel of Space'' in the late 21st century.
 * Storm refers to the failure of the global [[transmat]] system, which is presented as taking place before this story. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'')
 * The Doctor recalls meeting [[Doc Holliday]] in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona]] in [[October]] [[1881]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')
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