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{{Infobox Story
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|main character = [[Mike Yates]]
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|featuring = The Brigadier
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|writer = [[Richard Franklin]]
writer=[[Richard Franklin]]|
|setting = [[Morocco]], [[1970s]]
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release date= [[May]] [[2002]]|
'''''The Killing Stone''''' was an unpublished novel written by [[Richard Franklin]].
format= 1 CD|featuring = [[UNIT]]<br>[[Fourth Doctor]]}}


== Synopsis ==
[[Mike Yates]] has left [[UNIT]] and tries to acclimatise to life in the slow lane. But, as he soon finds out, your past is only a second behind you...


==Publisher's summary==
In a meditation centre deep in the Chiltern Hills, Mike Yates is in a contemplative mood. His years of faithful service to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce have come to an abrupt end, and he is having to take his leave of the people he has come to think of as family.
In a Meditation Centre deep in the Chiltern Hills, [[Mike Yates]] is in a contemplative mood. His years of faithful service to the [[UNIT|United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] have come to an abrupt end, and he is having to take his leave of the people he has come to think of as Family.


When the [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]] suggests that his former Captain take a holiday in [[Morocco]], Mike finds himself embroiled in an exciting battle with an old enemy that could mean the end for UNIT, the Doctor and the World.
When [[the Brigadier]] suggests that his former Captain take a holiday in [[Morocco]], Mike finds himself embroiled in an exciting battle with an old enemy that could mean the end for UNIT, [[the Doctor]] and the world...


==Cast==
[[File:The Killing Stone CD Cover.jpg|right|thumb|The CD cover for the BBV release.]]
*[[Mike Yates]]
== Story notes ==
*[[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]]
* The story is set in the three weeks [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] is returning from [[Metebelis III]] during the television story ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''.
**Uses various guises such as "Adolf Leerer", dreesing in new outfits each time.
* The story was first planned in the late 1980s. Franklin told ''[[Myth Makers]]'' in 1989 that [[Target Books]] was going to publish it "but unfortunately they've discontinued the series" (likely meaning ''[[The Companions of Doctor Who]]''). He had plans to produce a self-published version that didn't happen. In 2000, he performed a badly reviewed version of it as a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The story was later released as an abridged audio story by [[BBV Productions]] in 2002, after being turned down by [[Big Finish]].<ref name="downtime">''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 29 (Dylan Rees)</ref>
*[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* The appearance of [[DWU]] characters was unlicensed and so the BBV audio is not considered [[Tardis:Valid sources|a valid source for writing on this wiki]]. It was remade into a novel, ''Operation: Hate'', with no mention of the ''[[Doctor Who universe|Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who universe|universe]] and Yates renamed as Captain M. Franklin explained in one interview that the BBC had got stricter on copyright since 2000.<ref name="downtime"/>
*Sergent [[John Benton]]
*[[Cho Je]]
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]]
*[[Fourth Doctor]]


==References==
== Footnotes ==
*During an encounter with [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], the Master's [[TCE]] was damaged.
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*The Brigadier thinks about [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]] often.


==Notes==
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*This story is read by [[Richard Franklin]].
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*The release of this story included a bonus disc containing behind the scenes information.
[[Category:Unproduced Doctor Who novels]]
 
==Continuity==
*Mike recalls facing [[Auton]]s and [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
 
==Timeline==
*The story is set after [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
 
==External links==
* {{dwrefguide|killingst.htm|The Killing Stone}}
 
{{Audio stub}}
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 10 March 2024

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The Killing Stone was an unpublished novel written by Richard Franklin.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mike Yates has left UNIT and tries to acclimatise to life in the slow lane. But, as he soon finds out, your past is only a second behind you...

In a meditation centre deep in the Chiltern Hills, Mike Yates is in a contemplative mood. His years of faithful service to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce have come to an abrupt end, and he is having to take his leave of the people he has come to think of as family.

When the Brigadier suggests that his former Captain take a holiday in Morocco, Mike finds himself embroiled in an exciting battle with an old enemy that could mean the end for UNIT, the Doctor and the world...

The CD cover for the BBV release.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story is set in the three weeks the Doctor is returning from Metebelis III during the television story Planet of the Spiders.
  • The story was first planned in the late 1980s. Franklin told Myth Makers in 1989 that Target Books was going to publish it "but unfortunately they've discontinued the series" (likely meaning The Companions of Doctor Who). He had plans to produce a self-published version that didn't happen. In 2000, he performed a badly reviewed version of it as a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The story was later released as an abridged audio story by BBV Productions in 2002, after being turned down by Big Finish.[1]
  • The appearance of DWU characters was unlicensed and so the BBV audio is not considered a valid source for writing on this wiki. It was remade into a novel, Operation: Hate, with no mention of the Doctor Who universe and Yates renamed as Captain M. Franklin explained in one interview that the BBC had got stricter on copyright since 2000.[1]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who Chapter 29 (Dylan Rees)