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|name= Last of the Gaderene  
|image                  = <gallery>
|image= Last of the Gaderene.jpg  
Last of the Gaderene.jpg|2000 edition
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
Doctor Who The Last of the Grenade 50th.jpg|2013 edition
|number= 28
</gallery>
|doctor=Third Doctor
|series                 = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
|number                 = 27
|featuring= [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]]
|doctor                 = Third Doctor
|enemy= {{Delgado|c}}, [[Gaderene]]  
|companions             = [[The Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
|setting= [[Culverton]], [[East Anglia]], [[Xanthos]]
|enemy                 = {{Delgado|c}}, Bliss, the [[Gaderene]]
|writer= [[Mark Gatiss]]
|setting               = [[Culverton]], [[East Anglia]], [[Xanthos]]
|read by=[[Richard Franklin]]
|writer                 = Mark Gatiss
|publisher= BBC Books  
|read by               = [[Richard Franklin]]
|release date= [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|publisher             = BBC Books
|format= Paperback Book; 36 Chapters, 288 Pages (Original Release)
|release date           = 4 January 2000
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55587-4  
|format                 = Paperback Book;<br/>36 Chapters, 288 Pages (Original Release)
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|isbn                   = ISBN 0-563-55587-4
|next=Tomb of Valdemar (novel)}}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-eighth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. It also featured the UNIT team of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Mike Yates]] and [[John Benton]]. This was author [[Mark Gatiss]]' final novel based contribution to ''Doctor Who''.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]], released [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]].
 
It also featured the UNIT team of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Mike Yates]] and [[John Benton]]. This was Gatiss' final novel-based contribution to ''Doctor Who''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
=== 2000 BBC Books edition ===
=== 2000 BBC Books edition ===
"My name is [[Bliss (Last of the Gaderene)|Bliss]]," said the newcomer, "and I bring great news for you all!"
''"My name is [[Bliss (Last of the Gaderene)|Bliss]]," said the newcomer, "and I bring great news for you all!"''


The new owners of a [[Second World War]] aerodrome promise a golden dawn of prosperity for the East Anglian village of [[Culverton]]. The population rejoices — with one or two exceptions. Former [[Spitfire]] pilot Alec Whistler knows the aerodrome of old, having found a strange, jade-coloured crystal there years before...
The new owners of a [[Second World War]] aerodrome promise a golden dawn of prosperity for the [[East Anglia]]n village of [[Culverton]]. The population rejoices — with one or two exceptions. Former [[Spitfire]] pilot [[Alec Whistler]] knows the aerodrome of old, having found a strange, jade-coloured crystal there years before...


When black-shirted troops appear on the streets, Whistler takes his suspicions to his old friend [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] are sent to investigate and soon discover that all is not well in the seemingly idyllic village.
When black-shirted troops appear on the streets, Whistler takes his suspicions to his old friend [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] are sent to investigate and soon discover that all is not well in the seemingly idyllic village.


What are the black coffin-like objects being unloaded at the aerodrome? What horror lies behind Legion International's impeccable facade? And what is the monstrous creature growing and mutating in the marsh?
What are the black coffin-like objects being unloaded at the aerodrome? What horror lies behind [[Legion International]]'s impeccable facade? And what is the monstrous creature growing and mutating in the marsh?


As Culverton gears up for its summer fete, the Doctor finds himself involved in a race against time to prevent a massive colonisation of Earth. For the last of the [[Gaderene]] are on their way...
As Culverton gears up for its summer fete, the Doctor finds himself involved in a race against time to prevent a massive colonisation of Earth. For the last of the [[Gaderene]] are on their way...


=== 2013 BBC Books edition ===
=== 2013 BBC Books edition ===
The aerodrome in [[Culverton]] has new owners, and they promise an era of prosperity for the idyllic village. But former [[Spitfire]] pilot Alex Whistler is suspicious – when black-shirted troops appear on the streets, he contacts his 
old friend [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] at [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]. The [[Third Doctor]] is sent to investigate – and soon uncovers a sinister plot to colonise the [[Earth]]. The [[Gaderene]] are on their way...  
The aerodrome in [[Culverton]] has new owners, and they promise an era of prosperity for the idyllic village. But former [[Spitfire]] pilot [[Alec Whistler|Alex Whistler]] is suspicious – when black-shirted troops appear on the streets, he contacts his old friend [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] at [[UNIT]]. The [[Third Doctor]] is sent to investigate – and soon uncovers a sinister plot to colonise the [[Earth]]. The [[Gaderene]] are on their way...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* Charles Cochrane
* [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]]
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]]
* [[Charles Cochrane]]
* [[Bliss (Last of the Gaderene)|Bliss]]
* [[Bliss (Last of the Gaderene)|Bliss]]
* Alec Whistler
* [[Alec Whistler]]
* {{Delgado|c}}
* {{Delgado|c}}
* Jocelyn Strangeways
* [[Jocelyn Strangeways]]
* John Trickett
* [[John Trickett]]
* McGarrigle
* [[McGarrigle]]
* Noah Bishop
* [[Noah Bishop]]
* Stephen Darnell
* [[Ted Bishop]]
* [[Ted Bishop]]
* Toovey
* [[Max Bishop]]
* [[Stephen Darnell]]
* [[Toovey]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Johannesburg]] is located in the [[Transvaal]].
* [[Johannesburg]] is located in the [[Transvaal]].
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:Doctor_Who_The_Last_of_the_Grenade_50th.jpg|thumb|The 2013 cover.]]
* The novel was reprinted with a brand new cover on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] to celebrate the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary.
* The novel was reprinted with a brand new cover on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] to celebrate the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary.
* The audio set of eight CDs was released [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] priced £25 (UK).
* The audio set of eight CDs was released [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] priced £25 (UK).


=== Audiobook ===
* This novel was released complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Richard Franklin]].
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor's [[exile on Earth]] has been recently lifted and he now has control over the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
* The Doctor's [[exile on Earth]] has been recently lifted and he now has control over the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')


== Additional cover images ==
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File:Last of the gaderene.jpg
Doctor Who The Last of the Grenade 50th.jpg|2013 edition. Cover by [[Two Associates]].
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== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe in 2018 as a paperback edition.
 
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
GermanLastOfTheGaderene.jpg|German edition
</gallery>
 
==  Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook, in the UK, on [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Richard Franklin]].
* This novel was also released, in Germany, on [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] by [[Lübbe Audio]] and read by [[Michael Schwarzmaier]].
 
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Last of the Gaderene audiobook.jpg|UK Audiobook
GermanLastOfTheGadereneAudiobook.jpg|German Audiobook
</gallery>
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Penguin|1093758/doctor-who--last-of-the-gaderene/}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbk28.htm|Last of the Gaderene}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbk28.htm|Last of the Gaderene}}
* {{whoniverse|pd28|Last of the Gaderene}}
* {{whoniverse|pd28|Last of the Gaderene}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/lastg.htm The Cloister Library: '''Last of the Gaderene''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/lastg.htm The Cloister Library: '''Last of the Gaderene''']
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Last of the Gaderene was the twenty-seventh novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Mark Gatiss, released 4 January 2000 and featured the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

It also featured the UNIT team of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Mike Yates and John Benton. This was Gatiss' final novel-based contribution to Doctor Who.

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

2000 BBC Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

"My name is Bliss," said the newcomer, "and I bring great news for you all!"

The new owners of a Second World War aerodrome promise a golden dawn of prosperity for the East Anglian village of Culverton. The population rejoices — with one or two exceptions. Former Spitfire pilot Alec Whistler knows the aerodrome of old, having found a strange, jade-coloured crystal there years before...

When black-shirted troops appear on the streets, Whistler takes his suspicions to his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The Doctor and Jo are sent to investigate and soon discover that all is not well in the seemingly idyllic village.

What are the black coffin-like objects being unloaded at the aerodrome? What horror lies behind Legion International's impeccable facade? And what is the monstrous creature growing and mutating in the marsh?

As Culverton gears up for its summer fete, the Doctor finds himself involved in a race against time to prevent a massive colonisation of Earth. For the last of the Gaderene are on their way...

2013 BBC Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

The aerodrome in Culverton has new owners, and they promise an era of prosperity for the idyllic village. But former Spitfire pilot Alex Whistler is suspicious – when black-shirted troops appear on the streets, he contacts his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart at UNIT. The Third Doctor is sent to investigate – and soon uncovers a sinister plot to colonise the Earth. The Gaderene are on their way...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The novel was reprinted with a brand new cover on 7 March 2013 to celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary.
  • The audio set of eight CDs was released 21 May 2015 priced £25 (UK).

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

  • Published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe in 2018 as a paperback edition.
  • German edition

    German edition

 Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • UK Audiobook

    UK Audiobook

  • German Audiobook

    German Audiobook

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

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