Option Lock (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image=Option Lock.jpg

|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  

|doctor=Eighth Doctor  

|companions= [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]]

|enemy= [[Khameirian]]  

|setting= [[London]], [[1998]]  

|writer= [[Justin Richards]]

|publisher= [[BBC Books]]

|cover=[[Black Sheep]]

|release date= [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]

|format= Paperback Book, 281 Pages  

}}

'''Option Lock''' was the eighth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Samantha Jones]]. It was written by [[Justin Richards]].

== Publisher’s Summary ==

Landing in present-day England, all appears serene as the Doctor and Sam emerge from the TARDIS into the idyllic grounds of the Silver family’s ancestral home. Only when they enter the house do they suspect things are not what they seem.

How far-reaching is the strange power of a secret society almost 700 years old, and how is it linked to the mysterious Station Nine? And what is the significance of a series of paintings that drove a man to suicide?

From [[13th century|thirteenth-century]] England to the former Soviet Union, from the United States to the cold wastes of space, the various strands of a complex plan come together and threaten to engulf the world in a nightmare of nuclear destruction...

* [[Samantha Jones]]

* [[William Pickering|Captain William Pickering]]

* [[Matthew Siolfor]]

* [[Tom Dering]]

* [[Jack Michaels]]

* [[Tanner (Option Lock)|Tanner]] and [[Allworthy]]

* [[Gregor]]

* [[Howard Kane]]

* [[Ivan (Option Lock)|Ivan]]

* [[Ivigan]]

* [[Jean-Pierre Tannerie]]

* [[Sargent]]

== References ==

* [[Samantha Jones]] still bites her fingernails. She gets hypnotised and memories hidden. She tries growing her hair longer than its usual short cropped cut, but regrets the decision when she is pulled by it toward a [[Khameirian]].

* [[Norton Silver]] is a freelance [[hypnotist]] for the [[Ministry of Defence]].

* [[Pete Kellerman]] is the replacement of America's previous national security advisor who was assassinated. He is also a member of the alchemists and also a descendant of the original alchemists.

* [[Tanner (Option Lock)|Tanner]] and [[Allworthy]] are Silver's servants and are also descendants of the original alchemists and members of their society.

* Colonel [[Anatoli Roskov]] is the commander of the [[Nevchenka]] nuclear base in [[Krejikstan]]. He is a member of the Alchemist society.

* [[Tom Dering]] is the current [[President of the United States]], [[Jack Michaels]] is Vice-President.

* [[Khameirian]]s look like gargoyles. They have a remarkable will to survive. They see their bodies as just vessels for their consciousness.

* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] suffers a "critical [[artron energy]] drain".

* Sam sees a full moon and shudders, remembering the recent events in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''.

* The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor; this must take place after [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.

 

*The title of each chapter is taken from the final paragraphs of the preceding one.

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