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|image= Superior Beings.jpg | |||
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |||
|number= 42 | |||
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
number= | |companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
doctor= | |featuring=The [[Valethske]] | ||
companions=[[Peri]] | | |enemy= [[Kikker]] | ||
enemy= [[ | |setting= | ||
|writer= Nick Walters | |||
writer= | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|cover = [[Black Sheep]] | |||
release date= June | |release date= 4 June 2001 | ||
format= Paperback Book, | |format= Paperback Book; 26 Chapters, 288 Pages | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53830-9 | | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-53830-9 | ||
prev=Asylum (novel)| | |prev = Asylum (novel) | ||
next=Byzantium! (novel)}} | |next=Byzantium! (novel) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty-second novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Nick Walters]], released [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Peri hasn't been time-travelling for long and is just getting used to the Doctor and the TARDIS. The Doctor's such a sweet, friendly guy and the TARDIS keeps leaving her little presents, which is neat. When the TARDIS takes them to a party of super-advanced humans on a pleasure-planetoid in the far future (even ''neater''!), Peri falls for the charms of the local hunk and finds herself flying headlong into a quite ''different'' form of time-travel... | [[Peri Brown|Peri]] hasn't been time-travelling for long and is just getting used to [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. The Doctor's such a sweet, friendly guy and the TARDIS keeps leaving her little presents, which is neat. When the TARDIS takes them to a party of super-advanced humans on a pleasure-planetoid in the far future (even ''neater''!), Peri falls for the charms of the local hunk and finds herself flying headlong into a quite ''different'' form of time-travel... | ||
The Valethske are hunters. They prefer human flesh to any other. They've been sleeping for centuries and now they're hungry. The Doctor, teaming up with shamed xenologist Aline Vehlmann, finds himself caught up in the machinations of the vulpine hunters, and discovers that fresh meat isn't all they're after... | The [[Valethske]] are hunters. They prefer [[human]] flesh to any other. They've been sleeping for centuries and now they're hungry. The Doctor, teaming up with shamed [[xenologist]] [[Aline Vehlmann]], finds himself caught up in the machinations of the vulpine hunters, and discovers that fresh meat isn't all they're after... | ||
For deep beneath the surface of a strange and beautiful garden-planet, something is waiting. Something that Aline believes is her destiny. Something for which the Valethske have been searching for centuries. And as events escalate into a desperate fight for survival, who will prove themselves the superior beings? | For deep beneath the surface of a strange and beautiful garden-planet, something is waiting. Something that Aline believes is her destiny. Something for which the Valethske have been searching for centuries. And as events escalate into a desperate fight for survival, who will prove themselves the superior beings? | ||
== Plot == | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fifth | * [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] | * [[Peri Brown]] | ||
* [[Aline Vehlmann]] | * [[Aline Vehlmann]] | ||
* [[Veek]] | |||
* [[Athon]] | |||
* [[Flayoun]] | |||
* [[John Melrose]] | |||
* [[Kikker]] | |||
* [[Lornay Meharg]] | |||
* [[Ruvis]] | |||
* [[Taiana]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor laments the destruction of his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk43.htm|Superior Beings}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|pd43|Superior Beings}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/supebngs.htm The Cloister Library: '''Superior Beings'''] | |||
{{PDA}} | {{PDA}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 13 January 2024
Superior Beings was the forty-second novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Nick Walters, released 4 June 2001 and featured the Fifth Doctor and Peri Brown.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Peri hasn't been time-travelling for long and is just getting used to the Doctor and the TARDIS. The Doctor's such a sweet, friendly guy and the TARDIS keeps leaving her little presents, which is neat. When the TARDIS takes them to a party of super-advanced humans on a pleasure-planetoid in the far future (even neater!), Peri falls for the charms of the local hunk and finds herself flying headlong into a quite different form of time-travel...
The Valethske are hunters. They prefer human flesh to any other. They've been sleeping for centuries and now they're hungry. The Doctor, teaming up with shamed xenologist Aline Vehlmann, finds himself caught up in the machinations of the vulpine hunters, and discovers that fresh meat isn't all they're after...
For deep beneath the surface of a strange and beautiful garden-planet, something is waiting. Something that Aline believes is her destiny. Something for which the Valethske have been searching for centuries. And as events escalate into a desperate fight for survival, who will prove themselves the superior beings?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fifth Doctor
- Peri Brown
- Aline Vehlmann
- Veek
- Athon
- Flayoun
- John Melrose
- Kikker
- Lornay Meharg
- Ruvis
- Taiana
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor laments the destruction of his sonic screwdriver by the Terileptil leader in September 1666. (TV: The Visitation)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Superior Beings at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Superior Beings at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Superior Beings
