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|name=Ghost Ship
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|caption1=Hardback
|caption1=Hardback
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|captino2 = Paperback
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|cover=[[Dariusz Jasiczak]]
|cover = [[Dariusz Jasiczak]]
|series=[[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]]
|series=[[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]]
|number= 4
|number= 4
|doctor=Fourth Doctor  
|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|companions=  
|companions=  
|enemy=  
|enemy = [[Peter Osbourne]]
|setting = ''The Queen Mary'', sailing from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]], [[October]] [[1963]]
|setting = ''The Queen Mary'', sailing from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]], [[October]] [[1963]]
|writer= [[Keith Topping]]
|writer= Keith Topping
|publisher= Telos Publishing  
|publisher= Telos Publishing
|release date= [[22 August (releases)|22 August]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|release date= 22 August 2002
|format= Hardback Book, ? Pages  
|format= Hardback Book, ? Pages
|isbn= ISBN 1-903889-08-1 (Standard) <br /> ISBN 1-903889-09-X (Deluxe) <br /> ISBN 1-903889-32-4 (Paperback)  
|isbn= ISBN 1-903889-08-1 (Standard), ISBN 1-903889-09-X (Deluxe), ISBN 1-903889-32-4 (Paperback)
|prev= Nightdreamers (novel)  
|prev= Nightdreamers (novel)
|next= Foreign Devils (novel) }}
|next= Foreign Devils (novel)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. Uniquely for a long-form ''Doctor Who'' story, this is primarily told from the Doctor's point of view in a first person narrative. This is [[Keith Topping]]'s only Fourth Doctor novel. However, he has written other novels featuring the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]], [[Third Doctor|Third]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. Unusually for a long-form ''Doctor Who'' story, this is primarily told from the Doctor's point of view in a first person narrative. This is [[Keith Topping]]'s only Fourth Doctor novel. However, he has written other novels featuring the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]], [[Third Doctor|Third]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Perhaps sensing the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s deepening mood of introspective melancholy, the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] lands in the most haunted place on [[Earth]], the luxury [[ocean liner]] the ''[[Queen Mary]]'' on its way from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]] in the year [[1963]].
Perhaps sensing the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s deepening mood of introspective melancholy, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in the most haunted place on [[Earth]], the luxury [[ocean liner]] the ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'' on its way from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]] in the [[year]] [[1963]].


But why do [[ghost]]s from the past, the present, and perhaps even the future, seek out the Doctor? What appalling secret is hidden in [[Cabin 672]]?
But why do [[ghost]]s from the [[past]], the [[present]], and perhaps even the [[future]], seek out the Doctor? What appalling secret is hidden in [[Cabin 672]]?


And will the Doctor be able to preserve his sanity as he struggles to save the lives of the passengers against mighty forces which even he does not fully understand?
And will the Doctor be able to preserve his [[sanity]] as he struggles to save the [[Life|lives]] of the passengers against mighty forces which even he does not fully understand?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Simpkins]]
* [[Irene Lamb]]
* Miss [[Lamb (Ghost Ship)|Lamb]]
* [[Raymond Bryce]]
* [[Bryce]]
* [[Peter Osbourne]]
* [[Peter Osbourne]]
* [[Simpkins (Ghost Ship)|Simpkins]]
* [[Jarvis (Ghost Ship)|Jarvis]]
* [[John Deekes]]
* [[Jerry Illingsworth]]
* [[Jessica Deekes]]
* [[Rachel Illingsworth]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor is mistaken for Doctor Svengali; Master of [[Mesmerism]], Prestidigitation, Chicanery and Sleight-of-hand.
* The Doctor is mistaken for Doctor [[Svengali]]; Master of [[Mesmerism]], Prestidigitation, Chicanery and Sleight-of-hand.
* The Doctor has memories of meeting [[Emile Zola]], [[William Golding]], [[William Thackeray]], and [[Thomas Hobbes]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
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=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor uses the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[fast return switch]].
* The Doctor uses [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[fast return switch]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Much of the story is written in first person narrative from the Doctor's point of view.
* Much of the story is written in first person narrative from the Doctor's point of view. This was also done with the later novel ''[[Scratchman (novelisation)|Scratchman]]'' in [[2019 (releases)|2019]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor is still brooding after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' and travels without a companion, placing this likely between that serial and [[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]''.
* The Doctor has just left [[Gallifrey]] after fighting {{Pratt}}. He wishes he could have saved [[Goth]]'s life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Doctor reflects on the decision he made not to change history on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor recalls the "ghosts" haunting [[Auderly House]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor would soon encounter another "haunted" ship. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghost Trap (audio story)|The Ghost Trap]]'')
* The Doctor has personal knowledge of [[George Gordon Byron|Byron]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.telos.cuttingsarchive.com/archive/who/novella04/main04.htm Telos.co.uk page for '''Ghost Ship''']
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* {{dwrefguide|telos04.htm|Ghost Ship}}
* {{whoniverse|TE04.php|Ghost Ship}}
* {{whoniverse|TE04.php|Ghost Ship}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ghostship.htm The Cloister Library: '''Ghost Ship''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ghostship.htm The Cloister Library: '''Ghost Ship''']
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Ghost Ship was the fourth Telos Doctor Who novella. It featured the Fourth Doctor. Unusually for a long-form Doctor Who story, this is primarily told from the Doctor's point of view in a first person narrative. This is Keith Topping's only Fourth Doctor novel. However, he has written other novels featuring the First, Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh Doctors.

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

Perhaps sensing the Fourth Doctor's deepening mood of introspective melancholy, the TARDIS lands in the most haunted place on Earth, the luxury ocean liner the Queen Mary on its way from Southampton to New York in the year 1963.

But why do ghosts from the past, the present, and perhaps even the future, seek out the Doctor? What appalling secret is hidden in Cabin 672?

And will the Doctor be able to preserve his sanity as he struggles to save the lives of the passengers against mighty forces which even he does not fully understand?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Much of the story is written in first person narrative from the Doctor's point of view. This was also done with the later novel Scratchman in 2019.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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