The Blood Cell (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = The blood cell.jpg

|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]

|doctor = Twelfth Doctor

|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]

|featuring =  

|enemy = [[Judge (The Blood Cell)|The Judge]]

|setting = [[The Prison]]

|writer = [[James Goss]]

|read by = [[Colin McFarlane]]

|publisher = BBC Books

|release date = [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]

|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-774-3

|format = {{il|Hardback (UK)|Paperback (US)}}

|prev = Shroud of Sorrow (novel)  

|next = Silhouette (novel)

'''''The Blood Cell''''' was one of three [[Twelfth Doctor]] novels published in September 2014.

"Release [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]] — or the killing will start."  

An [[asteroid]] in the furthest reaches of [[space]] — the most secure prison for the most dangerous of criminals. The Governor is responsible for the worst fraudsters and the cruellest murderers. So he's certainly not impressed by the arrival of the man they're calling the most dangerous criminal in the quadrant. Or, as he prefers to be known, the Doctor.  

What does impress the Governor is the way the new prisoner immediately sets about trying to escape. And keeps trying. Finally, he sends for the Doctor and asks him why? But the answer surprises even the Governor. And then there's the threat — unless the Governor listens to the Doctor, a lot of people will die.  

Who is the Doctor and what's he really doing here? Why does he want to help the Governor? And who is [[Clara Oswald|the young woman]] who comes every day to visit him, only to be turned away by the guards?

* Guardian [[Bentley]]

== References ==

* When ''[[Arabian Nights]] ''is mentioned, the Doctor remembers when he flew on a [[flying carpet]].

* Due to [[Governor (The Blood Cell)|the Governor]]'s ignorance, the [[sonic screwdriver]] is yet again destroyed, although Clara appears to be in possession of a second one that she attempts to smuggle into the prison by disguising it as the candle on a cake. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]], [[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]], [[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]], [[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]])''

* The Governor suspects Clara may be infatuated with the Doctor or his wife. She had flirted with him in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] and considered him her "boyfriend", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]] ''et al.) something the Doctor also believed ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''). Clara also considered travelling with the Doctor be "an addiction" ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'').

* Clara says that her [[Clara's gran|nan]] is in a mobility scooter. However, she was still mobile over the Christmas of 2013, which occurs prior to this story (though mobility scooters are not exclusively used by people who cannot walk at all). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')

== Audio release ==

[[File:Bloodcell-cd.jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover]]

* An audio reading by [[Colin McFarlane]] was released by BBC Physical Audio on [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. This was the first new series audio to be released since AudioGo went into administration in 2013.

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