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|name = Paradox Lost
{{Infobox Story SMW
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|image       = Paradox Lost.jpg
|number = 47
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|number       = 48
|companions = [[Amy Pond]]<br />[[Rory Williams]]
|doctor       = Eleventh Doctor
|enemy = [[Squall|The Squall]]
|companions   = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|year = [[London]], [[1910]]<br />[[London]], [[2789]]
|featuring    = [[Archibald Angelchrist]]
|writer = [[George Mann]]
|enemy       = [[The Squall]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|setting      = [[London]], [[1910]] and [[2789]]
|release date = [[23 June]] [[2011]]
|writer       = George Mann
|format = Hardcover, 238 pages
|read by      = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
|publisher   = BBC Books
|prev = Touched by an Angel (novel)
|release date = 23 June 2011
|next = Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time (novel)
|format       = Hardcover, 238 pages
}}
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9
'''''Paradox Lost''''' was the eleventh [[BBC New Series Adventures|Eleventh Doctor novel]] released.
|prev         = Touched by an Angel (novel)
|next         = Borrowed Time (novel)
|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''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 ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[The Doctor|Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Edgar Miller]]
* [[The Squall]]
* [[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]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* 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"]].


== References ==
=== Foods and Beverages ===
* While fleeing the Squall in a car the Doctor makes a reference to [[Bessie]].
* The Doctor drinks [[tea]] with Archangel.
* Amy brings up the idea of experiments involving drills, but soon states that she "could do without the earth suddenly opening beneath [her] feet again". ([[DW]]: [[The Hungry Earth|''The Hungry Earth'']])
* Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a "tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat" (the [[Eighth Doctor]]), a man with "teeth and curls" and "a long wollen scarf" ([[Fourth Doctor|the Fourth Doctor]]), a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent" ([[Ninth Doctor|the Ninth Doctor]]), and a man clad in a "pantomine coat of many colours" ([[Sixth Doctor|the Sixth Doctor]]).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
[[File:Paradox_Lost_Audiobook.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''et al'') It is also an indication to the Eleventh Doctor's fondness for hats. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
* [[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 shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''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'')
* Rory recalls [[Weave|aliens made of wool]] ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase]]''), [[Saturnyn|vampire creatures]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'') and nuclear bombs ([[NSA]]: ''[[Nuclear Time]]'').
* The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''et al'')
* The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' and ''[[The Hungry Earth]]''.
* 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]]'')
* [[28th century]] London has an oxygen factory in its center, similar to the one on the [[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') This factory, however, has live animals within it.
* 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]]''.
* Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[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. ([[DW]]: ''[[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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* Amy wears her red hooded top from ''[[The Time of Angels]]'' and ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'' but the right arm becomes torn and she has to leave it behind in [[1910]].
* 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 ==
* Published in China by New Star Press in October 2020 as a paperback edition.
 
== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[March (releases)|March]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Nicholas Briggs]].
 
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== Audio release ==
== External links ==
* The story was released as an audiobook download read by [[Nicholas Briggs]] available from the [[AudioGo]] website.
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/paradoxlost.htm The Cloister Library: '''Paradox Lost''']
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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]]