Invasion of the Cat-People (novel): Difference between revisions

== Publisher's summary ==

'''‘Explode the buoys? But that will destroy the Earth!’'''<br />

'''‘Oh dear, so it will. Pass on my apologies to the humans, won’t you?’'''

[[Earth]] has been invaded. Twice. Thousands of years ago by a race searching for a new power source. More recently by the galactic marauders known as [[Cat-People|the Cat-People]], who intend to continue the work done by the earlier visitors, with devastating results.

The recently regenerated [[Second Doctor|Doctor]], along with companions [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], teams up with a group of amateur ghost-hunters and a mysterious white witch on a journey that takes them from [[20th century|twentieth-century]] [[Cumbria]] to the [[Arabian]] deserts of folklore and [[Australia]] 40,000 years in the past. Can the Doctor stop the invaders and disarm the bombs left buried beneath the planet’s surface - or have the ancient [[Aborigine]]s of Australia sung the seeds of their own destruction?

== Characters ==

* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]]

* [[Ben Jackson]]

* [[Polly Wright|Polly]]

'''[[Cat-People]]'''

'''[[Euterpian]]s'''

* [[Thorgarsuunela|Thorsuun]]

* [[Tarwildbaning]]

'''Professors and Students'''

== References ==

* When the Cat-People are searching around the [[Sol System]] they see signs of a lost civilisation. This could be a reference to the [[Ice Warrior]]s or the [[Osirian]]s.

* There were books coated in reverse tachyon-chronons (RTC) on [[Gallifrey]], but the [[Time Lord]] leaders decided that they were too dangerous and got rid of them.

* When commenting on the Cat-People, the Doctor mentions they are related to races outside of normal canon. These included: [http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lion_Men Lion-Men of Mongo], [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Caitian Caitians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kzin Kzinti], and agents of the [http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Aegis Aegis]. He also references mercenaries from Gin-Seng and the natives of Vedela and Capella.

* The [[Cat-People]] are related to the [[Cheetah People]] who appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''.

* The [[War Machine]]s and [[WOTAN]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''), the smugglers in Cornwall ([[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]''), the Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') and the Daleks ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') are all mentioned.

* The RTC causes the Doctor's mind to wander back to his [[First Doctor|previous incarnation]], and as a result he mistakenly refers to several of his past companions - [[Ian Chesterton|Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] and [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]].

* The Doctor has always told himself that he would like to buy himself [[Smithwood Manor|a little house in Kent]] to use as a home whenever he came to Earth. This wish was subsequently fulfilled by his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'') and used mostly by his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]].

* The Doctor mentions several misdeeds of his [[First Doctor|previous incarnation]], suggesting Ben ask Ian and Barbara about the caveman ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') and mention the name 'Anne Chaplet' to Steven ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''), and that even Dodo would have some stories to tell.

* The [[Time Vector Generator]] first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''.

* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the [[Troy|Fall of Troy]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'')

* The Doctor mentions his friend [[The War Chief|Magnus]], from the Academy. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')

 

* This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Pluto (short story)|Pluto]]''

* This story occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]''

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