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{{Infobox Story
|image = FeastoftheDrowned.jpg
|image = FeastoftheDrowned.jpg
|name = The Feast of the Drowned
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 8
|number = 8
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|featuring = Mickey Smith
|featuring2 = Jackie Tyler
|enemy = [[Waterhive]]
|enemy = [[Waterhive]]
|setting = [[London]], [[2007]]
|setting = [[London]], [[2007]]
|writer = [[Stephen Cole]]
|writer = Stephen Cole
|publisher = BBC Books
|publisher = BBC Books
|release date = [[13 April (releases)|13 April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|release date = 13 April 2006
|format = Hardcover, 251 pages
|format = Hardcover, 251 pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48644-9
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48644-9
|prev = The Stone Rose (novel)
|prev = The Stone Rose (novel)
|next = The Resurrection Casket (novel)
|next = The Resurrection Casket (novel)
|clip = Doctor Who The Feast Of The Drowned
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}}'''''The Feast of the Drowned''''' is a [[BBC Books]] original novel written by [[Stephen Cole]]. It features the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].
|read by = [[David Tennant]]
|cover = [[Henry Steadman]]
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'''''The Feast of the Drowned''''' was the eighth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Stephen Cole]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].


== Publisher’s summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the [[North Sea]], all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, [[Keisha Selby|Keisha]], was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned.
When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the [[North Sea]], all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, [[Keisha Selby|Keisha]], was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned.


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The river's dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion...
The river's dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion...


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''To be added''
''to be added''
 
== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]
* [[Keisha Selby]]
* [[Keisha Selby]]
* [[Jay Selby]]
* [[Jay Selby]]
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* [[Anne (The Feast of the Drowned)|Anne]]
* [[Anne (The Feast of the Drowned)|Anne]]
* [[Huntley]]
* [[Huntley]]
* [[Crayshaw]]
* [[John Anthony Crayshaw]]
* [[Kelper]]
* [[Kelper]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Rose mentions [[Captain Bird's-Eye]].
 
=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Water-based lifeforms can dip into the human body and brain. They can export sensory information as alien pheromones via water molecules.
* Water-based lifeforms can dip into the human body and brain. They can export sensory information as alien pheromones via water molecules.
**
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor buys [[chips]] for Rose, Keisha and himself. He preferred the way chips tasted when they were wrapped in newspaper.
=== Technology ===
* The waterhive has the mental ability to fuse hydrogen and oxygen in space into water.
* Vida's company is developing new tracers – subatomic filaments in an aqueous base. Acting as tiny organic transmitters and receivers, that can tell where marine pollutants are in the ocean.
** It has an inhibitive power which can be used along with the Doctor's mental power to unravel the DNA of the waterhive and undoing the genetic damage on the host.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover, presumably due to use-of-likeness issues after she had left the programme.
* Later reprints of this book removed the image of [[Billie Piper]] from the cover.
* 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 ==
* Mickey recalls encounters with the [[Slitheen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') and the [[Sycorax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* Keisha mentions that Rose lived abroad for a year, "while [her] poor old mates left behind were worried sick". She thought that Mickey had "topped [her] or something". ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')
* The Doctor mentions getting used to new teeth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* Keisha comments that the Doctor isn't as Jackie described him to be. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* Resonating concrete is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
* Mickey recalls encounters with the [[Slitheen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') and the [[Sycorax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* The Doctor mentions getting used to new teeth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* Resonating concrete is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')
* The Doctor refers to himself as Sir John Smith ([[TV]]: [[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]])


== Audio release ==
== Additional cover images ==
* The story was released as an audiobook on 2 CDs by [[BBC Audio]], read by [[David Tennant]].
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* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.
Bbcnewseries8-ukhardback-alt.jpg|Alternate cover without Rose
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== Gallery ==
== Audiobook ==
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* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Tennant]].
FeastoftheDrowned.jpg|Original cover
 
Bbcnewseries8-ukhardback-alt.jpg|Alternate cover without Rose
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Feast of Drowned audio.JPG|Audiobook cover
Feast of Drowned audio.JPG|Audiobook cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobb908.htm|The Feast of the Drowned}}
* {{penguin|1071594/doctor-who--the-feast-of-the-drowned/}}
* {{whoniverse|NS08.php|The Feast of the Drowned}}
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* {{whoniverse|ns08|The Feast of the Drowned}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/feastdrowned.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Feast of the Drowned''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/feastdrowned.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Feast of the Drowned''']
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The Feast of the Drowned was the eighth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Stephen Cole and featured the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

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

When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned.

As the dead crew haunt loved ones all over London, the Doctor and Rose are drawn into a chilling mystery. What sank the ship, and why? When the cruiser's wreckage was towed up the Thames, what sinister force came with it?

The river's dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Water-based lifeforms can dip into the human body and brain. They can export sensory information as alien pheromones via water molecules.

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor buys chips for Rose, Keisha and himself. He preferred the way chips tasted when they were wrapped in newspaper.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The waterhive has the mental ability to fuse hydrogen and oxygen in space into water.
  • Vida's company is developing new tracers – subatomic filaments in an aqueous base. Acting as tiny organic transmitters and receivers, that can tell where marine pollutants are in the ocean.
    • It has an inhibitive power which can be used along with the Doctor's mental power to unravel the DNA of the waterhive and undoing the genetic damage on the host.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

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