Shell Shock (novel)

Shell Shock
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Peri Brown
Main setting:	Island G12
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Telos Publishing]]
Writer:	Simon A. Forward
Release details
Release number:	8
Release date:	May 2003
Format:	Hardback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903889-16-2 (Standard Edition) ISBN 1-903889-17-0 (Limited Edition)

Publisher's Summary

The Doctor is washed up -- literally -- on an alien beach with only intelligent crabs and a madman for company.

How can he possibly rescue Peri who was lost at sea the same time as he and the TARDIS? But Peri has problems of her own. "Rescued" from drowning by an intelligent sponge growth, she has been adopted by the life form as its own personal God.

As the denizens of the beach come under increasingly vicious attack, the Doctor must discover the truth in time to save all their lives.

Characters

Sixth Doctor

Peri Brown

• Peri's stepfather Howard sexually abused her when she was a teenager (telling her that it was their secret and that she wasn't to tell her Mom).

Ranger

Meathook

Scrounger

References

• The Memory explores Peri's most traumatic memories these include including her transformation on Varos, the Doctor's brief attempt to strangle her following his regeneration, Sharaz Jek's fawning over her, and her near drowning on Lanzarote.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Peri nearly drowned in Lazarote in DW: Planet of Fire.
• Peri encountered Sharaz Jek in DW: The Caves of Androzani.
• The Doctor tried to strangle Peri in DW: The Twin Dilemma.
• Peri was momentarily transformed into a avian hybrid in DW: Vengeance on Varos.

Timeline

• Shell Shock occurs after: to be added
• Shell Shock occurs before: MA: Burning Heart

External Links

• Telos.co.uk page for Shell Shock
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Shell Shock
• Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Shell Shock