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|doctor      = Twelfth Doctor
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|enemy        = [[Ba-El Cratt]]
|enemy        = [[Ba-El Cratt]]
|setting      = [[Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27|Kollo-Zarnista]], [[51st century]]
|setting      = [[Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27|Kollo-Zarnista]], [[51st century]]
|writer      = [[Mike Tucker]]
|writer      = Mike Tucker
|publisher    = BBC Books
|publisher    = BBC Books
|read by      =  
|read by      =  
|cover        = Lee Binding
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
|release date = [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date = 20 April 2017
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1785942693
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1785942693
|format      =  
|format      =  
|number      = 64
|series      = ''[[BBC New Series Adventures]]''
|series      = ''[[BBC New Series Adventures]]''
|prev        = The Shining Man (novel)
|prev        = The Shining Man (novel)
|next        = Plague City (novel)
|next        = Plague City (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was one of three [[Twelfth Doctor]] novels published in [[April (releases)|April]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] as part of the ''[[BBC New Series Adventures]]'' line.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mike Tucker]] and featured the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Bill Potts]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Species ===
* [[Laura Palmer]] once dealt with an [[Ogron]] incursion into [[Galactic Federation]] space.
* [[Laura Palmer]] once dealt with an [[Ogron]] incursion into [[Galactic Federation]] space.
* The [[Cancri (species)|Cancri]] are at [[war]] with the [[Ba-El Cratt]].
* The Ba-El Cratt claim [[asylum (politics)|asylum]] on Kollo-Zarnista.
=== Individuals ===
* Laura graduated at the [[Federation Academy]] with [[Honours]]. Following this, she requested assignment to [[Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27]].
* Laura graduated at the [[Federation Academy]] with [[Honours]]. Following this, she requested assignment to [[Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27]].
* Frank has a [[Datapad]] on his office.
* Frank worked on the reconstruction of the [[Titan refuelling platform]] after the great fire of [[5012]].
* Frank worked on the reconstruction of the [[Titan refuelling platform]] after the great fire of [[5012]].
* Nettleman lost money at the [[Olympus Mons Casino]].
* Nettleman lost money at the [[Olympus Mons Casino]].
* The [[Cancri (species)|Cancri]] are at war with the [[Ba-El Cratt]].
* [[Derek (Diamond Dogs)|Derek]] once argued with the Doctor during his [[lecture]] about [[Eternal return|cyclical time]].
* Bill recalls being impressed when she visited [[St Luke's server room]].
 
=== Technology ===
* Frank has a [[Datapad]] on his [[office]].
* The mining facility uses [[Security Orb]]s. The security personnel also use [[g-Taser]]s.
* The Doctor picks up a [[subspace tracking device]] in the TARDIS.
* [[Alaska (state)|Alaskan]] [[Eskimo]]s on [[Earth]] made their [[boat]]s from [[whalebone]].
 
=== Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility ===
* There is a [[Kollo-Zarnista vault|vault]] in the upper level of the mining facility, in which [[diamond]]s are stored.
* There is a [[Kollo-Zarnista vault|vault]] in the upper level of the mining facility, in which [[diamond]]s are stored.
* By the [[51st century]], there were no [[precious metal]]s left on [[Earth]].
* Kollo-Zarnista possesses at least two [[mining bell]]s. When the primary bell is damaged, the secondary bell is calibrated in order to replace it.
* The mining facility uses [[Security Orb]]s. The security personnel also use [[g-Taser]]s.
* Nettleman summons Delitsky, Laura and Jenloz to the [[Kollo-Zarnista meeting room|meeting room]].
* [[Derek (Diamond Dogs)|Derek]] once argued with the Doctor during his [[lecture]] about [[cyclical time]].
* Jo takes the [[Ba-El Cratt]] in Baines' suit to the [[Kollo-Zarnista medical bay|medical bay]].
* Kollo-Zarnista possesses at least two [[mining bell]]s. When the primary bell was damaged, the secondary bell was calibrated, in order to replace it.
* Nettleman summon Delitsky, Laura and Jenloz to the [[Kollo-Zarnista meeting room|meeting room]].
* Jo takes the [[Ba-El Cratt]] in Baines' suit to the [[Kollo-Zarnista medical bay|medical bay]], believing Baines himself is inside the suit.
* Bill drinks [[hot chocolate]].
* Bill notes that the [[Kollo-Zarnista canteen]] looks just like [[St Luke's canteen|the one she works in]].
* Bill notes that the [[Kollo-Zarnista canteen]] looks just like [[St Luke's canteen|the one she works in]].
* Delitsky works in the [[Kollo-Zarnista control centre]].
* Delitsky works in the [[Kollo-Zarnista control centre]].
* Claire ponders that the only way to stop the Ba-El Cratt would be to [[Purge]] the mining bell.
* Claire ponders that the only way to stop the Ba-El Cratt would be to [[Purge]] the mining bell.
* The Ba-El Cratt claim [[asylum]] on Kollo-Zarnista.
* Delitsky's crew move the TARDIS to the [[Kollo-Zarnista equipment bay|equipment bay]] following the Doctor's rescue of the Ba-El Cratt inside Baines’s suit.
* Bill recalls being impressed when she visited [[St Luke's server room]].
 
* Delitsky's crew moved the TARDIS to the [[Kollo-Zarnista equipment bay|equipment bay]] following the Doctor's rescue of the Ba-El Cratt inside Baines’s suit.
=== Planets and moons ===
* The Doctor picks up a [[subspace tracking device]] in the TARDIS.
* By the [[51st century]], there are no [[precious metal]]s left on [[Earth]].
* [[Alaska]]n [[Eskimo]]s on [[Earth]] made their [[boat]]s from [[whalebone]].
* [[Cygnus A]] and [[Varos]] are [[penal colony|penal colonies]] where prisoners dig [[ore]].
* The Doctor attempts to invoke the [[Article Fifteen of the Shadow Proclamation]], but it's interrupted before he can finish the word "Proclamation".
* There are [[shipyard]]s on [[Mars]] and [[Ganymede]].
 
=== Food and beverages ===
* Bill drinks [[hot chocolate]].
 
=== Law ===
* The Doctor attempts to invoke [[Article 15 of the Shadow Proclamation]], but it's interrupted before he can finish the word "Proclamation".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Although there are references to the events of ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'' and ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'', this novel was released before the episodes aired.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Laura worries that the diamond shipments could attract the attention of criminals such as [[Rohm-Dutt]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') or [[Sharaz Jek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* Laura worries that the diamond shipments could attract the attention of criminals such as [[Rohm-Dutt]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') or [[Sharaz Jek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* Bill recalls meeting [[Emojibot|emoticon robots]] on [[Gliese 581 D|a distant planet]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') and nearly being eaten by an alien fish on [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') This novel was published prior to both those episodes being broadcast.
* Bill recalls meeting [[Emojibot|emoticon robots]] on [[Planet (Smile)|a distant planet]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') and nearly being eaten by an alien fish on [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'')
* The Doctor recalls he recently shot [[The General|a friend of his]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
* The Doctor recalls he recently shot [[The General|a friend of his]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
* Bill compares the TARDIS to a [[kitchen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'') and the Doctor runing to "a penguin with its arse on fire" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'')
* Bill compares the TARDIS to a [[kitchen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'') and the Doctor running to "a [[penguin]] with its arse on fire". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'')
* Jo's older sister worked with Professor [[Frederick Marius]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* Jo's older sister worked with Professor [[Frederick Marius]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* Bill dreams of [[Creature (Thin Ice)|sinuous shapes with gnashing teeth]] beneath [[River Thames|ice]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') [[Emojibot|robots with smiley faces]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') [[Dalek|alien war machines]] and [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]] staring into her eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
* Bill dreams of [[sea creature (Thin Ice)|sinuous shapes with gnashing teeth]] beneath [[River Thames|ice]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') [[Emojibot|robots with smiley faces]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') [[Dalek|alien war machines]], and [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]] staring into her eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
* Delitsky jokingly asks Claire if she could see him cutting down trees in [[Androzani Major]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* Delitsky jokingly asks Claire if she could see him cutting down trees on [[Androzani Major]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
* Nettleman knows that attempting to defraud a Federation-backed diamond franchise could lead him to spend his life digging ore on [[Cygnus A]] or [[Varos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil (TV story)|Planet of Evil]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
* Nettleman knows that attempting to defraud a Federation-backed diamond franchise could lead to him spending his life digging ore on [[Cygnus A]] or [[Varos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil (TV story)|Planet of Evil]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')


== Audio release ==
== Additional cover images ==
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== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in Italy by Armenia in 2017 as a paperback edition.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{whoniverse|ns61|Diamond Dogs}}
* [https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/diamonddogs.htm The Cloister Library: '''Diamond Dogs''']


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Diamond Dogs was the sixty-fourth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Mike Tucker and featured the Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts.

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

For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when a mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds. Something that can't possibly exist.

When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft.

And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting to rise.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets and moons[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Law[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Although there are references to the events of Smile and Thin Ice, this novel was released before the episodes aired.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Textless cover art

    Textless cover art

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

  • Published in Italy by Armenia in 2017 as a paperback edition.

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

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