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|image = Island of Death Cover.jpg | |||
|image=Island of Death Cover.jpg | |||
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= | |number= 69 | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | |companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier | ||
|enemy= The [[Skang]] | |featuring2 = John Benton | ||
|featuring3 = Jeremy Fitzoliver | |||
|enemy= The [[Skang]], [[Hilda Hutchens]] | |||
|setting= [[London]], [[India]] and [[Africa]], the [[1970s]] | |setting= [[London]], [[India]] and [[Africa]], the [[1970s]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Barry Letts | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|cover=[[Black Sheep]] | |cover = [[Black Sheep]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 7 July 2005 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 32 Chapters, 281 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 32 Chapters, 281 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48631-7 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-48631-7 | ||
|prev= Match of the Day (novel) | |prev= Match of the Day (novel) | ||
|next= Spiral Scratch (novel)}} | |next= Spiral Scratch (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
{{dab page|Island of Death (disambiguation)}} | {{dab page|Island of Death (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Barry Letts]], released [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
This was also Letts' only solo novel (he had previously written ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'' with [[Terrance Dicks]]). | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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A New Age cult worships a hideous god — or is it a demon? — called the [[Skang]]. What possible connection can it have with the mysterious corpse on [[Hampstead Heath]]? | A New Age cult worships a hideous god — or is it a demon? — called the [[Skang]]. What possible connection can it have with the mysterious corpse on [[Hampstead Heath]]? | ||
Sarah Jane Smith enlists the help of the Third Doctor and [[the Brigadier]], and their investigations take them halfway across the world, to a remote island that has been turned into a paradise for the followers of the cult. | [[Sarah Jane Smith]] enlists the help of the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], and their investigations take them halfway across the world, to a remote island that has been turned into a paradise for the followers of the cult. | ||
But the island is not what it seems, and neither is the Skang itself; and the Doctor and his [[companion]]s are faced with the task of saving not only its devotees but the whole of mankind from a loathsome death. | But the island is not what it seems, and neither is the Skang itself; and the Doctor and his [[companion]]s are faced with the task of saving not only its devotees but the whole of mankind from a loathsome death. | ||
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* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* | * [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] | ||
* [[Jeremy Fitzoliver]] | * [[Jeremy Fitzoliver]] | ||
* [[Mama Fitzoliver]] | * [[Mama Fitzoliver]] | ||
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* Major [[Chatterjee]] | * Major [[Chatterjee]] | ||
* Mr [[Gorridge]] | * Mr [[Gorridge]] | ||
* [[Peter Andrews]] | * Lieutenant-Commander [[Eugene Hogben]] | ||
* First Lieutenant [[Peter Andrews (Island of Death)|Peter Andrews]] | |||
* [[Emma (Island of Death)|Emma]] | * [[Emma (Island of Death)|Emma]] | ||
* [[Bob Simkins]] | * [[Bob Simkins]] | ||
* [[Chris Watts]] | * [[Chris Watts]] | ||
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* [[Brian Prebble]] | * [[Brian Prebble]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Anatomy and physiology === | === Anatomy and physiology === | ||
* [[Regeneration]] causes unpredictable gaps in memory. | * [[Regeneration]] causes unpredictable gaps in memory. | ||
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=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor uses the phrase "two shakes of a [[sluggerlug]]'s tail". | * The Doctor uses the phrase "two shakes of a [[sluggerlug]]'s tail". | ||
* The Doctor claims he would have been a keen cricket player if he had regenerated into a [[Fifth Doctor|younger body]]. | |||
=== Biology === | === Biology === | ||
* A [[sneg]] is a kind of hairy newt. | * A [[sneg]] is a kind of hairy newt. | ||
* A [[flubble]] is a Gallifreyan animal resembling a small-nosed, six-legged koala. | * A [[flubble]] is a Gallifreyan animal resembling a small-nosed, six-legged koala. | ||
* A [[Schlenk Blossom]] is a type of [[Gallifreyan]] flower. | * A [[Schlenk Blossom]] is a type of [[Gallifreyan]] flower. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
=== Food and beverages === | |||
* The Doctor and Sarah drink hot [[rum]] toddy after being rescued from the sea. He later drinks [[port]]. | |||
* Sarah's [[breakfast]] consists of wholemeal [[toast]] and [[banana]]. | |||
* The Brigadier drinks [[scotch]] on board the plane to Bombay and later downs half a bottle on the ''Hallaton'' whilst under the influence of the Skang. | |||
* Sarah eats mangoes for the first time. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart novels]] | [[Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Novels set in India]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Novels set in Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1972]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1972]] | ||