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|image= The Ultimate Treasure.jpg
|name= The Ultimate Treasure
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|image= The Ultimate Treasure.jpg
|number= 3
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|number= 3  
|doctor=Fifth Doctor  
|companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|enemy=  
|enemy=
|setting= {{il|[[Astroville Seven]]|[[Gelsandor]], [[3054]]}}
|setting= {{il|[[Astroville Seven]]|[[Gelsandor]], [[3054]]}}
|writer= [[Christopher Bulis]]
|writer= Christopher Bulis
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher= BBC Books
|release date= [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
|release date= 18 August 1997
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 281 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 281 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40571-6  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40571-6
|prev= The Murder Game (novel)
|prev= The Murder Game (novel)
|next= Business Unusual (novel)}}
|next= Business Unusual (novel)
'''''The Ultimate Treasure''''' was the third [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]].
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'''''The Ultimate Treasure''''' was the third novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Christopher Bulis]], released [[18 August]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] and featured the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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The resourcefulness of the travellers is tested to the limits as they each race to be the first to the treasure. And among a seemingly endless array of tricks, tests and traps lurk some deadly surprises.
The resourcefulness of the travellers is tested to the limits as they each race to be the first to the treasure. And among a seemingly endless array of tricks, tests and traps lurk some deadly surprises.
== Chapter Titles ==
# Visions and Portents
# The Price of Knowledge
# Departures
# History Lessons
# Celebrations
# Rescue
# The Speaker of Gelsandor
# The wood of Lies
# The Tiled Plain
# Night Moves
# The Valley of Mist
# Stairway
# What the Public Wants
# The Lost Ones
# Despair
# A Friend in Need
# Nightmares
# Shooting star
# Bloodline
# Trial
# Beyond the Rainbow
# Choices
# Destiny
# The Ultimate Treasure


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
*[[Fifth Doctor]]
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
*[[Peri Brown]]
* [[Peri Brown]]
*[[Dexel Dynes]]
* [[Dexel Dynes]]
*[[Kamelion|Red the Biomechanical Unicorn]]
* [[Kamelion|Red the Biomechanical Unicorn]]
* [[Alpha (The Ultimate Treasure)|Alpha]]
* [[Drorgon Ves]]
* [[George Gribbs]]
* [[Hok]]
* [[Preston Loxley III|John Falstaff]]
* [[Marquis te Rosscarrino]]
* [[Arnella te Rosscarrino]]
* [[Myra Jaharnus]]
* [[Crelly Qwaid]]
* [[Shalvis]]
* [[Alex Thorrin]]
* [[Willis Brockwell]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Peri has a [[coffee]] and sandwich from the TARDIS [[food machine]].
* Peri has a [[coffee]] and [[sandwich]] from the TARDIS [[food machine]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
*The [[Ymerl]] are a race of methane-breathers that live at super-cold temperatures and usually have little contact with the rest of the galactic community.
* The [[Ymerl]] are a race of methane-breathers that live at super-cold temperatures and usually have little contact with the rest of the galactic community.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{dwrefguide|whobbk03.htm|The Ultimate Treasure}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbk03.htm|The Ultimate Treasure}}
*{{whoniverse|pd03|The Ultimate Treasure}}
* {{whoniverse|pd03|The Ultimate Treasure}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ultit.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Ultimate Treasure''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ultit.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Ultimate Treasure''']


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[[Category:Fifth Doctor novels]]
[[Category:Fifth Doctor novels]]
[[Category:1997 novels]]
[[Category:1997 novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 31st century]]
[[Category:Stories set in 3054]]

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The Ultimate Treasure was the third novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Christopher Bulis, released 18 August 1997 and featured the Fifth Doctor and Peri Brown.

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

The seers of Gelsandor foretell the coming of many visitors to their planet, all in search of the lost treasure of the fabulously wealthy Rovan Cartovall, who vanished 5000 years ago...

An innocent shopping jaunt for the Fifth Doctor and Peri ends in violence and incarceration as they become caught up in a mysterious transaction involving the sale of co-ordinates leading to Rovan's hoard — the ultimate treasure.

The Doctor and Peri join the quest, but the Time Lord remains sceptical. What will they find — and why has it remained undiscovered for so long?

The resourcefulness of the travellers is tested to the limits as they each race to be the first to the treasure. And among a seemingly endless array of tricks, tests and traps lurk some deadly surprises.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Ymerl are a race of methane-breathers that live at super-cold temperatures and usually have little contact with the rest of the galactic community.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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