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|image       = 6 Magic of the Angels.jpg
|image = 6_Magic_of_the_Angels.jpg
|number       = 6
|name = Magic of the Angels
|doctor       = Eleventh Doctor
|series = [[Quick Reads]]
|companions   = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|number = 6
|enemy       = [[Weeping Angel]]s, [[Sammy Star]]
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|setting     = [[London]], [[Summer]] [[2012]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]<br />[[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|writer       = Jacqueline Rayner
|enemy = The [[Weeping Angel]]s
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
|setting = [[London]], [[2012]]
|publisher   = BBC Books
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|release date = 2 February 2012
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|format       = Paperback; 11 chapters, 110 pages
|release date = [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[2012]]
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1
|format = Paperback, 128 pages
|series      = ''[[Quick Reads]]''
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1
|prev         = Code of the Krillitanes (novel)
|prev = Code of the Krillitanes (novel)
|next         = The Silurian Gift (novel)
|next = The Silurian Gift (novel)
}}
}}
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'''''Magic of the Angels''''' was the sixth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Quick Reads]] release. It was released on [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[2012]].
'''''Magic of the Angels''''' was the sixth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ''[[Quick Reads]]'' release. It was released on [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
'No one from this time will ever see that girl again...'
"No one from this time will ever see that girl again..."


The Doctor, Amy and Rory round off a sight-seeing tour round [[London]] with a trip to the theatre. That's when things start to go wrong.
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] round off a sight-seeing tour round [[London]] with a trip to the theatre. That's when things start to go wrong.


The Doctor wonders why so many young girls are going missing from the area. When he sees Sammy Star's amazing magic act, he thinks he knows the answer. Sammy's glamorous assistant disappears at the climax of the act - but this is no stage trick.
The Doctor wonders why so many young girls are going missing from the area. When he sees [[Sammy Star]]'s amazing magic act, he thinks he knows the answer. Sammy's glamorous assistant disappears at the climax of the act — but this is no stage trick.


The Doctor and his friends team up with residents of an old people's home to discover the truth. And together they find themselves face to face with a deadly Weeping Angel.
The Doctor and his friends team up with residents of an old people's home to discover the truth. And together they find themselves face to face with a deadly [[Weeping Angel]].


Whatever you do - don't blink!
Whatever you do — don't blink!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]
* [[Janet (Magic of the Angels)|Janet]]
* [[Sammy Star]]
* [[Amber Hooper]]
* [[Kylie Collins]]
* [[Miss Leake]]
* [[Austin Hart]]
* [[Bill Evans]]
* [[Daisy Mead]]
* [[Ted (Magic of the Angels)|Ted]]
* [[Larry]]
* [[Brandy (Magic of the Angels)|Brandy]]
* [[Lady (Magic of the Angels)|Lady]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor puts magician props in a carpet bag that he says he got back from [[Mary Poppins]].
* The Doctor puts magician props in a carpet bag that he says he got back from [[Mary Poppins]].
* When auditioning for [[Sammy Star]]'s magic show, the Doctor signs his name as [[Fred Astaire]].
* Noting the Doctor's alias, Amy signs her name as [[Ginger Rogers]].
* The Doctor claims to have a [[Finding Evil sense]].
* Unlike other [[companion]]s, Rory does not have a [[superphone]] and can only make calls in his own time period.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* The Doctor spends a significant portion of the novella wearing the outfit of the [[Third Doctor]] and Amy wears the sparkly catsuit which belonged to the [[Second Doctor]]'s companion [[Zoe Heriot]].
* The Doctor spends a significant portion of the novella wearing the outfit of the [[Third Doctor]] and Amy wears the sparkly catsuit which belonged to the [[Second Doctor]]'s companion [[Zoe Heriot]].
* This was the first ''Doctor Who'' Quick Reads book to be published since 2010, and the first to feature companions since 2007.
* This was the first ''Doctor Who'' Quick Reads book to be published since 2010, and the first to feature companions since 2007.
* Unlike other [[companion]]s, Rory does not have a [[superphone]] and can only make calls in his own time period.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* While on a tour bus in London, the Doctor mentions the secret base underneath the [[Tower of London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') fighting "[[Carrionite|witch monsters]]" in the [[Globe Theatre]] with [[William Shakespeare]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]''), the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s plan to use the [[London Eye]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and "a [[Space Pig|pig]] flying a spaceship into [[Big Ben]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')
* While on a tour bus in London, the Doctor mentions the [[Tower Ops|secret base]] underneath the [[Tower of London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') fighting "[[Carrionite|witch monsters]]" in the [[Globe Theatre]] with [[William Shakespeare]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s plan to use the [[London Eye]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and "a [[Space pig|pig]] flying [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|a spaceship]] into [[Big Ben]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')
* The Doctor claims that [[Madame Tussauds]] got [[Guy Fawkes]]' moustache wrong. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot]]'')
* The Doctor claims that [[Madame Tussauds]] got [[Guy Fawkes]]'s moustache wrong. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot]]'')
* Amy name-drops [[Winston Churchill]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* Amy name-drops [[Winston Churchill]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* Amy expresses distaste for the Doctor's latest choice of hat, a [[Union Jack]] patterned plastic bowler. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* Amy expresses distaste for the Doctor's latest choice of hat, a [[Union Jack]] patterned plastic bowler. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* Amy refers to the Doctor and Rory as "my boys". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
== External links ==
* {{whoniverse|qr06|Magic of the Angels}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/magicangels.htm The Cloister Library: '''Magic of the Angels''']
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Magic of the Angels was the sixth Doctor Who Quick Reads release. It was released on 2 February 2012.

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

"No one from this time will ever see that girl again..."

The Doctor, Amy and Rory round off a sight-seeing tour round London with a trip to the theatre. That's when things start to go wrong.

The Doctor wonders why so many young girls are going missing from the area. When he sees Sammy Star's amazing magic act, he thinks he knows the answer. Sammy's glamorous assistant disappears at the climax of the act — but this is no stage trick.

The Doctor and his friends team up with residents of an old people's home to discover the truth. And together they find themselves face to face with a deadly Weeping Angel.

Whatever you do — don't blink!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • The Doctor spends a significant portion of the novella wearing the outfit of the Third Doctor and Amy wears the sparkly catsuit which belonged to the Second Doctor's companion Zoe Heriot.
  • This was the first Doctor Who Quick Reads book to be published since 2010, and the first to feature companions since 2007.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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For the purposes of this list, a "Weeping Angel story" is one in which one living, authentic Weeping Angel plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Lost, The Halloween Apocalypse and Once, Upon Time are not counted due to the Weeping Angels' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories, while stories such as Survivors of the Flux are absent due to the Weeping Angels' only contribution being references to past Weeping Angel stories, and stories such as The God Complex are absent due to the Weeping Angels' only contribution being as illusions. Stories like Hell Bent and Revolution of the Daleks are also not included due to the Weeping Angels' appearance being restricted to a single scene of no consequence to the plot of the story.
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