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{{Infobox Novel|

novel name= The Room With No Doors|

image= [[File:NA059_theroomwithnodoors.jpg|250px]] |

series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |

number= 59 |

doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |

companions=  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] |

enemy= Umemi |

year= [[Earth]], [[Japan]], [[1560]] |

writer= [[Kate Orman]] |

publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |

release date= February, 1997 |

format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages |

isbn= ISBN 0-426-20500-6 |

previous story= [[Eternity Weeps]] |

next story= [[Lungbarrow]]}}

'''‘Dear Doctor,’ wrote Chris, ‘I give up.’'''

Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?  

[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] travel to [[16th century|16th-century]] [[Japan]], a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.  

As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles -- before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god. Chris soon finds himself alone -- except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling [[Victorian]] inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.  

Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero -- but Chris isn’t sure he wants to be a hero any more.  

* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]

** Gets shot with an arrow whilst carrying a small girl.

** Knows that his regeneration grows near.

** Mediates in a lotus position instead of sleeping, but when he does sleep he screams and shouts.

* [[Chris Cwej]]

** The death of [[Liz Shaw]] weighs heavy on Chris.

* [[Penelope Gate]]

** Twenty-seven years old, Victorian, red haired.

* [[Joel Mintz]] (Joel Andrew Mintz)

** He's met the [[Eighth Doctor]].

** Tries to advance the Japanese and play with history.

== References ==

* In a sequence cut from this novel Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS; black, white and red representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in ''[[Lungbarrow]]''.<ref>[[DWM]]: ''[[DWM 252]]'' (Licence to Kill p.28)</ref>

* Joel Mintz first met the Doctor and Chris in [[NA]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''.

* The Doctor ends this novel thinking about his next of kin and family, leading into [[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''.

* [[Liz Shaw]] is mentioned. She died in the previous story [[NA]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.

== Timeline ==

* After returning Penelope and Joel home, but before returning to Chris, the Doctor has a series of adventures beginning with [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'' and ending with [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''.

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[[Category:1997 novels]]