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|image        = Paradox Lost.jpg
|image        = Paradox Lost.jpg
|series      = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series      = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number      = 47
|number      = 48
|doctor      = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor      = Eleventh Doctor
|companions  = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|companions  = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|featuring    = [[Archibald Angelchrist]]
|featuring    = [[Archibald Angelchrist]]
|enemy        = [[Squall|The Squall]]
|enemy        = [[The Squall]]
|setting      = [[London]], [[1910]] and [[2789]]
|setting      = [[London]], [[1910]] and [[2789]]
|writer      = [[George Mann]]
|writer      = George Mann
|read by      = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by      = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|publisher    = BBC Books
|publisher    = BBC Books
|release date = [[23 June (releases)|23 June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|release date = 23 June 2011
|format      = Hardcover, 238 pages
|format      = Hardcover, 238 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
|prev        = Touched by an Angel (novel)
|prev        = Touched by an Angel (novel)
|next        = Borrowed Time (novel)
|next        = Borrowed Time (novel)
|cover=[[Lee Binding]]}}{{prose stub}}
|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
'''''Paradox Lost''''' was the forty-seventh novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[George Mann]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]].
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'''''Paradox Lost''''' was the forty-eighth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[George Mann]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
"The Squall feed on psychic energy. They spread like a plague and if they are not stopped they will strip the Earth clean..."
"[[The Squall]] feed on [[psychic energy]]. They spread like a [[plague]] and if they are not stopped they will strip the [[Earth]] clean..."


London 1910: an unsuspecting thief finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London 2789: the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named "the Doctor".
[[London]] [[1910]]: an [[Edgar Miller|unsuspecting thief]] finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London [[2789]]: the remains of an [[RNV-73|ancient android]] are dredged from [[River Thames|the Thames]]. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named "the Doctor".


The Doctor and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Edgar Miller]]
* [[The Squall]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Patricia Young]]
* [[Angelchrist|Professor Angelchrist]]
* [[RNV-73|Arven]]
* [[RNV-73|Arven]]
* Professor [[Archibald Angelchrist]]
* Professor [[Celestine Gradius]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* While fleeing the Squall in a car, the Doctor says that he "hasn't had this much fun since [[Bessie]]."
* While fleeing the Squall in a car, the Doctor says that he "hasn't had this much fun since [[Bessie]]."
* Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a [[Eighth Doctor|"tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat"]], [[Fourth Doctor|a man with"teeth and curls" and "a long woollen scarf"]], [[Ninth Doctor|a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent"]], and [[Sixth Doctor|a man clad in a "pantomime coat of many colours"]].
* Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a [[Eighth Doctor|"tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat"]], [[Fourth Doctor|a man with"teeth and curls" and "a long woollen scarf"]], [[Ninth Doctor|a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent"]], and [[Sixth Doctor|a man clad in a "pantomime coat of many colours"]].
=== Foods and Beverages ===
* The Doctor drinks [[tea]] with Archangel.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Amy Pond|Amy]] recalls the oxygen factory at the heart of the [[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]] after discovering that [[28th century]] [[London]] had one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
* The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''et al'')
* The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''et al'')
* The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''et al'')
* The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''et al'')
* Rory recalls [[Weave|aliens made of wool]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]''), [[Saturnyn|vampire creatures]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'') and nuclear bombs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nuclear Time (novel)|Nuclear Time]]'')
* Rory recalls [[Weave|aliens made of wool]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') [[Saturnyn|vampire creatures]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'') and nuclear bombs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nuclear Time (novel)|Nuclear Time]]'')
* The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' and ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''.
* The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' and ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''.
* [[28th century]] London has an oxygen factory in its centre, similar to the one on the ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') This factory, however, has live animals within it.
* Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that the rift caused by the Squall is large enough to drive a double decker bus through, then mentions that he has done something similar. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that the rift caused by the Squall is large enough to drive a double decker bus through, then mentions that he has done something similar. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* Angelchrist serves the Doctor from a [[The Maharajah's Star|teapot etched with a five-pointed star]], one of his greatest treasures that he had obtained a decade prior. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Maharajah's Star (short story)|The Maharajah's Star]]'')


== Editions published outside Britain ==
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in China by New Star Press in 2020 as a paperback edition.
* Published in China by New Star Press in October 2020 as a paperback edition.
 
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== Audiobook ==
== Audiobook ==
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Paradox Lost was the forty-eighth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by George Mann and featured the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"The Squall feed on psychic energy. They spread like a plague and if they are not stopped they will strip the Earth clean..."

London 1910: an unsuspecting thief finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London 2789: the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named "the Doctor".

The Doctor and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor drinks tea with Archangel.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in China by New Star Press in October 2020 as a paperback edition.

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]