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|image = Nuclear.jpg
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|name = Nuclear Time
|number       = 40  
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|doctor       = Eleventh Doctor
|number = 40  
|companions   = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|enemy         = Albert Gilroy's [[android]]s
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|setting       = {{il|[[University of Michigan]], [[1973]]|[[California]], [[1975]]|[[Utah]], [[1977]]|[[Florida]], [[1980]]|[[Colorado]], [[1981]]|[[Washington DC]], [[1981]]}}
|enemy = [[The Isley Brothers]]<br />[[Gilroy Androids]]
|writer       = Oli Smith
|setting = [[University of Michigan]], [[1973]]<br />[[California]], [[1975]]<br />[[Utah]], [[1977]]<br />[[Florida]], [[1980]]<br />[[Colorado]], [[1981]]<br />[[Washington DC]], [[1981]]
|read by      = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer = [[Oli Smith]]
|publisher     = BBC Books
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|release date = 8 July 2010
|release date = [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2010]]
|release date2 = 9 June 2011 (audio)
|format = Hardcover, 243 Pages
|format       = Hardcover, 243 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-989-4
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84607-989-4
|prev = The Forgotten Army (novel)
|prev         = The Forgotten Army (novel)
|next = The King's Dragon (novel)
|next         = The King's Dragon (novel)
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
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'''''Nuclear Time''''' was the fourth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Eleventh Doctor novel]] released.
'''''Nuclear Time''''' was the fortieth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Oli Smith]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
‘My watch is running backwards.
"My watch is running backwards."
 
[[Colorado]], [[1981]]. [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] arrive in [[Appletown]] – an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is [[Albert Gilroy|a mad scientist]] – whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and brutal death. The second is the Doctor...


Colorado, 1981. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Appletown – an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is a mad scientist – whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and brutal death. The second is the Doctor...
As death falls from the sky, the Doctor is trapped. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is damaged, and the Doctor finds he is living backwards through time. With Amy and Rory being hunted through the suburban streets of the Doctor's own future and getting farther away with every passing second, he must unravel the secrets of Appletown before time runs out...


As death falls from the sky, the Doctor is trapped. The TARDIS is damaged, and the Doctor finds he is living backwards through time. With Amy and Rory being hunted through the suburban streets of the Doctor’s own future and getting farther away with every passing second, he must unravel the secrets of Appletown before time runs out…
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* Doctor [[Albert Gildroy]]
* [[Dr]] [[Albert Gilroy]]
* [[Colonel]] [[Geoffrey Redvers]]
* [[Isley]]
* [[Isley]]
* Major [[Geoffrey Redvers]]
* [[Mrs Sanderson]]
* [[Mrs Sanderson]]
* [[Mr Sanderson]]
* [[Mr Sanderson]]
* [[Albert]]
* [[Isley]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Films from the real world ===
* Rory mentions ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.
* Rory makes a reference to [[wikipedia:The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]] saying "an idyllic town, a shadowy figure luring passers-by to their doom. And a chainsaw probably".
 
=== Foods and Beverages ===
* Rory and Amy got food poisoning from some frozen [[pie]]s in September.
* Gilroy makes a comment about "[[canapé]]s and [[wine]]".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A ''Preview Sampler'' was included with ''Doctor Who - [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5 Volume 1]]'' DVD & Blu-ray released on [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''To be added''
''to be added''
== Audio release ==
 
* The story was released as an audiobook on 4x CD read by [[Nicholas Briggs]].
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.
* Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.


== Gallery ==
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''<gallery hideaddbutton="true" captionalign="left">
Nuclear.jpg|Original cover
Nuclear Time French.jpg|French edition
Nuclear Time French.jpg|French edition
Nuclear_Time_Audiobook.jpg|The Audiobook cover
</gallery>
</gallery>''
 
== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[May (releases)|May]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Nicholas Briggs]].
 
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Nuclear_Time_Audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* ''{{Dwrefguide|whobb940.htm|Nuclear Time}}''
{{dwrefguide|whobb940.htm|Nuclear Time}}
* {{whoniverse|ns40|Nuclear Time}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/nucleartime.htm The Cloister Library: '''Nuclear Time''']


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Nuclear Time was the fortieth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Oli Smith and featured the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams.

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

"My watch is running backwards."

Colorado, 1981. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Appletown – an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is a mad scientist – whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and brutal death. The second is the Doctor...

As death falls from the sky, the Doctor is trapped. The TARDIS is damaged, and the Doctor finds he is living backwards through time. With Amy and Rory being hunted through the suburban streets of the Doctor's own future and getting farther away with every passing second, he must unravel the secrets of Appletown before time runs out...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Rory and Amy got food poisoning from some frozen pies in September.
  • Gilroy makes a comment about "canapés and wine".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A Preview Sampler was included with Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 1 DVD & Blu-ray released on 7 June 2010.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

  • Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

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