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|image = The Monster in the Cupboard (novel).jpg | |image = The Monster in the Cupboard (novel).jpg | ||
|series = [[The Decades Collection]] | |series = [[The Decades Collection]] | ||
|doctor = Ninth Doctor | |doctor = Ninth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | |companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Zeeng]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]] | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Kalynn Bayron | ||
|read by = | |read by = [[Ayesha Antoine]] | ||
|publisher = Puffin Books | |publisher = Puffin Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 26 October 2023 | ||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|format = | |format = | ||
|price = £12.99 | |||
|isbn = 9781405957038 | |isbn = 9781405957038 | ||
|prev = Wannabes (novel) | |prev = Wannabes (novel) | ||
|next = The Angel of Redemption (novel) | |next = The Angel of Redemption (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Monster in the Cupboard''''' was the fifth novel | '''''The Monster in the Cupboard''''' was the fifth novel published in ''[[The Decades Collection]]'' on [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] by [[Puffin Books]] to celebrate the [[List of anniversaries|60th Anniversary]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
The novel was written by [[Kalynn Bayron]] and covered the [[2000s]] and featured the [[Ninth Doctor]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
When [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] stumble across thirteen-year-old [[Lily | ===Original=== | ||
When [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] stumble across thirteen-year-old [[Lily Henwick|Lily]], they both agree she needs their help. | |||
Lily thinks there are monsters in the [[ | Lily thinks there are monsters in the [[cupboard|closet]], hiding under the bed. And that they've taken her mother and brother - who went missing months ago. | ||
When asked about the monster, Lily can only say it's made of immense light and power. Rose and the Doctor must find out who and what the creature is, and where it's taken Lily's family. | When asked about the monster, Lily can only say it's made of immense light and power. Rose and the Doctor must find out who and what the creature is, and where it's taken Lily's family. | ||
It is a search that will take them from the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] right back to the childhood of Lily's grandmother, and another disappearance all those years ago... | It is a search that will take them from the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] right back to the childhood of [[Miriam Henwick|Lily's grandmother]], and another disappearance [[1936|all those years ago]]... | ||
===Blurb=== | |||
[[2000]]. | |||
Lily thinks there's a monster in her house, hiding in the cupboard. | |||
The monster is made of immense light and power, she says, and it's taken her mum and brother. So when a chance refuel lands the Doctor and Rose right on Lily's doorstep, they both agree she needs their help. | |||
It's a search that will take them from the Cardiff Rift right back to another disappearance, many years ago... | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Ninth Doctor]] | * [[Ninth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
* [[Lily (The Monster in the Cupboard)|Lily]] | * [[Lily Henwick]] | ||
'' | * [[Miriam Henwick]] | ||
* [[Powell (The Monster in the Cupboard)|Officer Powell]] | |||
* [[Angela Henwick]] | |||
* [[Noah Henwick]] | |||
* The [[Zeeng]] | |||
* [[Stranger (The Monster in the Cupboard)|Stranger]] | |||
=== Mentioned only === | |||
* [[Lily and Noah Henwick's father]] | |||
* [[Phillip (The Monster in the Cupboard)|Phillip]] | |||
* [[Miriam Henwick's mother]] | |||
* [[Miriam Henwick's father]] | |||
* Miriam's aunts and uncles | |||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * [[Miriam Henwick's house]] was built in [[1894]] by her ancestors, at that time for use as a base of operations for their [[copper ore]] [[mining]] operation. | ||
* When Miriam was a child, [[King of England|King]] [[George V]] died, and was succeeded by his son [[Edward VIII|Edward]], who [[abdication|abdicated]], leaving the throne to his younger brother, [[George VI]]. This would be known as "the [[1936|year]] of the three kings". | |||
* That year, Miriam's cousin [[Phillip (The Monster in the Cupboard)|Phillip]] disappeared under mysterious circumstances. She told [[Miriam Henwick's mother|her mother]], who had [[Miriam Henwick's father|her father]] and aunts and uncles search for the boy. | |||
* The Doctor scans Rose with [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], and tells her she's [[dehydration|dehydrated]], with an "abysmal" [[electrolyte]] count. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | *The original publisher's summary says that [[Angela Henwick|Lily's mother]] and [[Noah Henwick|brother]] went missing [[month]]s before, and describes Lily as being thirteen years old. The actual novel begins on the very night of the disappearance, and says Lily is twelve. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * The Doctor refers to [[the TARDIS]] failing to bring them to [[Naples]]. This is now only the second time they've landed in the wrong location, soon after. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}) | ||
* When Miriam mentions that [[Lily and Noah Henwick's father|Lily's father]] died in a [[car accident]] around the time her brother was born, Rose visibly saddens, clearly remembering the stories of [[Peter Alan Tyler|her own father]]'s death in similar circumstances. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}}) | |||
* At the end of the adventure, Rose indicates that she'd like to see [[Jackie Tyler|her own family]] again. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) | |||
* The Ninth Doctor was actually present at [[George VI]]'s [[coronation]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) and the [[Sixth Doctor]] once played a major part in coercing [[Edward VIII]] into abdicating, foiling his plan to dissolve [[Houses of Parliament|Parliament]] with the aid of the [[Nazi]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Players (novel)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:2023 novels]] | [[Category:2023 novels]] | ||
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[[Category:Ninth Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Ninth Doctor novels]] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in Cardiff]] | [[Category:Stories set in Cardiff]] | ||