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|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
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|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|year = [[London]], [[2007]]<br>[[Rome]], [[Early human history#2nd century A.D.|A.D. 120]]
|number       = 7
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|companions   = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|release date = 13th [[April]] [[2006]]
|featuring    = Mickey Smith
|format = Hardcover, 251 pages
|featuring2  = Jackie Tyler
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48643-0
|enemy       = [[Aulus Valerius Ursus]]
|previous story = [[The Stealers of Dreams]]
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|next story = [[The Feast of the Drowned]]
|writer       = Jacqueline Rayner
|read by      = [[David Tennant]]
|cover        = [[Henry Steadman]]
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|release date = 13 April 2006
|format       = Hardcover, 251 pages
|isbn         = ISBN 0-563-48643-0
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'''''The Stone Rose''''' was the seventh novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].


'''The Stone Rose''' is a BBC Books original novel written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]], and features the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].
The book was the first book of the series to feature the Tenth Doctor. Rose continued to be featured as the companion in the series, as she had in the previous six books.


==Summary==
The book was released only two days before [[David Tennant]]'s [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|first series]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which started its run on [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]].
Rose, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Tyler Jackie], and the Doctor visit the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum British Museum] where Mickey has discovered a statue of the goddess [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna Fortuna] from second century [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Rome], which looks exactly like Rose. So the Doctor and Rose head off for Rome.


The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS TARDIS] brings them to AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120 120]. Rose and the Doctor save an elderly man named Gracilis from muggers. They learn that he is looking for his son, Optatus. A few people overhear his converstation with the Doctor and Rose and recommend a slave girl named '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa Vanessa]' and when she is told what Gracilis wants, she starts to work calculations on a bit of parchment. After some discussion, Gracilis buys her from her 'owner'. The next morning, the Doctor and Rose see the new statue of Optatus. The sculptor is an unpleasant person named Ursus, Ursus invites Rose to come to his workshop the next day to be a model for a statue of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Mythology goddess].
== Publisher's summary ==
=== 2006 BBC Books edition ===
[[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] is startled to find a [[statue]] of Rose in a museum - a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that this means [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] will shortly take them to ancient [[Rome]], but when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than a sculpture.


Later, Rose goes to find Vanessa, who is with Marcia. Marcia tells them that she has known Ursus since he was a child, but that ten months ago his statues started appearing in temples. The Doctor comes bounding in to tell them what he has discovered. Prior to his disappearance, Optatus had been visiting Ursus for a couple of weeks. The impression that he had was that the statue was still in the planning stages and then Ursus states that statue was almost done.
While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future - a girl whose predictions are surprisingly accurate. But then the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose - and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for...


Vanessa wakes Rose the next morning to get ready for her modeling appointment; Vanessa is prevented from accompanying her, but remains watching outside. Rose feels herself nodding off, then realizes that she cannot move as Ursus removes his gloves and touches Rose...
=== 2015 BBC Books edition ===
A 2,000 year old statue of Rose Tyler is a mystery that the Doctor and Rose can only solve by travelling back to the time when it was made. But when they do, they find the mystery is deeper and more complicated than they ever imagined.


The Doctor goes to the studio and tackles Ursus, Vanessa comes up with a bronze lamp, but hits the Doctor by mistake. When he awakes, the Doctor tells Vanessa that he thinks she knows more than she is telling, because she knows of an unbuilt wall dividing two countries that do not yet exist. She starts to talk, and admits to being scared for a long time, since she first arrived in Rome.
While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who it seems can accurately predict the future. But when the Doctor stumbles on the terrible truth behind the statue, Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for.


Vanessa and the Doctor go into the workshop, but there is nothing there and the Doctor believes that the statue was Rose herself. The Doctor returns to the villa, asking Gracilis for help. The Doctor arrives in Rome on the 19th, which is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinquatrus Quinquatrus]. He begins checking temples, starting with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva Minerva]'s, and asking about statues made by Ursus. He spends all day searching, and as evening approaches, he enters another shrine to Fortuna, and find a statue who shares the pose, but isn't Rose. The Doctor comments "Rose is prettier than you." and is surprised to hear the statue reply "Thanks." As he starts forward, a glass phial of green liquid rolls from behind the statue to his feet, and the voice says it will bring back Rose and all the others. The Doctor steps forward again, but is interrupted by Gracilis who shouts a warning. Unfortunately, thee Doctor is dragged away and he drops the phial.
''An adventure set in Roman times, featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant and his companion Rose Tyler.''


The Doctor is taken to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Flavian Amphitheatre], thrown into the dungeon, and had his sonic screwdriver taken away. The Doctor is awake all night, and the guards come in the morning to tell him he is being set free. On the way, he grabs his sonic screwdriver and he meets up with Gracilis again once outside, and they go back to Fortuna's temple. The phial is not there, but Gracilis had picked it up last visit. The two of them go looking for statues done by Ursus, and find Tiro first. After bringing him back to life, they begin scouring Rome for the rest, using Gracilis's art contacts to help in their search. Gracilis arranges transport for all of the slaves, plus the TARDIS. They arrive back at the villa, and bring Optatus back to life.
== Plot ==
''to be added''


The Doctor is wondering how he is going to ever find Rose, and then decides to go back to the museum in 21st century London. He lands the TARDIS inside and finds Mickey there. Mickey states that "Whoever made this must have really known her." The Doctor tells Mickey that the statue isn't ''of'' Rose, but ''is'' Rose. Mickey gets mad at the Doctor, and they decide it's best to bring her back, but nothing happens when the liquid pours on her. His hand brushes her face, and then he runs back to the TARDIS. He returns with Rose's denim jacket, and shook out her earring. Meaning that Rose is only wearing one earring. The statue, however, is wearing two, so it can't be her. He runs back to the TARDIS and leaves.
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]
* [[Gnaeus Fabius Gracilis]]
* [[GENIE]]
* [[Marcia Gracilis]]
* [[Aulus Valerius Ursus]]
* [[Vanessa Moretti]]
* [[Optatus Gracilis]]


Rose wakes up with the Doctor grinning in front of her. Vanessa arrives, The Doctor again asks how Vanessa got to Rome, and she says her father worked in AI ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence Artificial Intelligence]). Vanessa was watching a vidcast on Rome in her father's study, with a box sitting on the desk. And she remembered herself saying that she wished she lived back then, and then she was here.
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor keeps a set of [[Winnie the Pooh]] bed linens in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
* The Doctor mentions [[the Moomins]], [[Chorlton and the Wheelies]] and [[Spongebob SquarePants]] when talking about how stories are based on disappearing time trails.
* The very complicated formula to turn people back from stone which had never been thought up by anybody is an example of a [[bootstrap paradox]].
* The Doctor calls his Cell Mates; [[John Lennon|John]], [[Paul McCartney|Paul]], [[George Harrison|George]] and [[Ringo Starr|Ringo]].
* [[Ringo (The Stone Rose)|Ringo]] was arrested for stealing a [[horse]].


The three of them come in to Ursus' workshop and while speaking to Ursus and the goddess, the Doctor figures something out. He says to Minerva "I wish I could see what you really look like." and Rose spies a creature in a box that looks like a cross between a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon dragon] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus platypus]. Ursus in fury, lunges at the Doctor with a knife, but Ursus touches Vanessa (turning her to stone), and Rose jumps on Ursus' back. She knocks him down and he falls on his own dagger, but the Doctor was also turned to stone during the chaos. Rose wishes that he had never come to Rome, and then The Doctor had vanished.
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor and Rose eat [[fruit]] [[Pastry|pastries]] with spiced [[wine]] when they first arrive in Rome. They eat fresh dates and later eat a full Roman meal, including garum, at Gracilis' villa. He consumes large quantities of honeyed wine and hot [[pie]]s whilst searching for Rose. He drinks [[blackcurrant]] cordial in the British Museum.


Rose talks to the creature in the box, and is told that it is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie GENIE] (Genetically Engineered Neural Imagination Engine). Its purpose is to grant all wishes it hears. Rose realizes what has been happening and as a test, makes a very careful wish for chips. She then wishes for the phial to be refilled, and brings Vanessa back. Vanessa asks if the GENIE can return her home, but the GENIE says there isn't enough energy available. Soon, Rose wishes for herself and Vanessa to be safe.
== Notes ==
* This is the first [[Tenth Doctor]] novel.
* 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. The 2015 reprint in [[The History Collection]] features an introduction from Rayner.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* According to Jacqueline Rayner's website, this is the best-selling ''Doctor Who'' novel ever.<ref>http://jacrayner.com/featured-works/doctor-who-the-stone-rose/</ref>


Safe turns out to be a white nothingness. However, during her time in the white nothingness, Rose works out that if she said the words "I wish you'd never come here." then the Doctor would have never come to Rome and he wouldn't have took to Rome so she wouldn't have been there to make the wish and she wouldn't be in Rome after she made the wish. So, Rose wishes that she and Vanessa were back in the temple and they could see everything as it really is. The world reappears, and Rose sees the figure of The Doctor, who explains about the GENIEs, how they became a problem for Earth and that time was re-written to save the Earth, resulting in all the GENIEs expect Vanessa's one to have never existed.
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor asks Rose if she ever nearly married someone she shouldn't have. This could be a reference to Rose's marriage to Tillun in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'', a reference to Rose's engagement to former boyfriend [[Jimmy Stone]] (although this occurred before Rose first met the Doctor), and/or a reference to the Doctor's own weddings that he was rubbish at. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* Jackie mentions the Doctor's new face. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* Rose thinks to herself that in 200,000 years she will be on a game station above Earth fighting [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and will watch it get eventually destroyed by the sun. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* Vanessa claims that she tried to warn people of the destruction of [[Pompeii]], not knowing that it had already happened in [[August]] [[79]]. During his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor visited Pompeii at this time on two occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]],'' [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice (novel)|The Algebra of Ice]]'') Later in his tenth incarnation, the Doctor himself triggered the eruption of [[Vesuvius]] in order to kill the [[Pyrovile]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* The Doctor works with [[Michelangelo]] to create the statue of Rose. They previously met in [[Rome]] in [[1511]] during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fallen Angels (audio story)|Fallen Angels]]'')
* The Doctor calls 4 of his cell mates the names of [[the Beatles]]. He previously went to try and see the Beatles in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)}}) and would later meet the band in his [[Fifteenth Doctor|fifteenth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})


They take the TARDIS from the villa, and arrive in Fortuna's shrine. The Doctor gives Rose the phial and a metal device to talk through. She hides behind the statue, and sees the Doctor coming in. She rolls the phial out to him, and then watches his arrest by Rufus. Gracilis sees the phail, picks it up and walks away. The Doctor and Rose then take Vanessa home, but are having trouble deciding what to do with the GENIE. Rose tells the GENIE is a slave, and if it is set free, it would be able to fulfill wishes if it wanted to. Rose wishes it free, and the GENIE disappears.
== Additional cover images ==
''<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Bbcnewseries7-ukhardback-alt.jpg|Alternate cover without Rose
DW-The-Stone-Rose Large.jpg|2015 edition. Cover by [[Two Associates]].
</gallery>''


They are getting ready to head home themselves, when Rose realizes there is a problem because her Fortuna statue was never made. However, The Doctor says he made the statue that appeared in the 21st century museum, because he went to the Renaissance and took a sculpting course with Michelangelo. They make one final trip to the villa, and gave the statue to Gracilis and Marcia, to take the place of the statue of Optatus.
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in China by New Star Press in 2018 as a paperback edition.


==Characters==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
ChineseStoneRose.jpg|Chinese Edition
*[[Rose Tyler]]
</gallery>
*[[Mickey Smith]]
*[[Jackie Tyler]]
*[[Gnaeus Fabius Gracilis]]
*[[GENIE]]
*[[Marcia]]
*[[Ursus]]
*[[Vanessa (The Stone Rose)|Vanessa]]


==References==
== Audiobook ==
''To be added''
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Tennant]].
* It was reissued in two parts as a promotional free CD with the [[Radio Times]] in 2008.


==Notes==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
*After being unfrozen, the Doctor briefly kisses [[Rose Tyler]] for the joy of being alive.
Stone Rose audio.JPG|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


==Continuity==
== External links ==
At one point in the story, both the TARDIS and the Doctor are in two places at one time, which means he crossed his own timeline, something he said he couldn't do in (amongst others) "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_in_the_Fireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]" and "The Parting of the Ways". This causes him to take great care 'for the purposes of not destroying the time lines'. He does not allow his earlier self to see his later self (perhaps due to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinovitch_Limitation_Effect Blinovitch Limitation Effect]), care which does not seem to be needed when meeting earlier ''incarnations'' of himself (such as in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Doctors_%28Doctor_Who%29 The Three Doctors]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Doctors The Five Doctors]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Doctors The Two Doctors]'' and "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Crash Time Crash]").
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==Timeline==
[[Category:Tenth Doctor NSA novels]]
*This story occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[Interstellar Overdrive]]''
[[Category:2006 novels]]
*This story occurs before [[NSA]]: ''[[The Feast of the Drowned]]''
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
 
==Audio release==
*The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[David Tennant]]
 
==External links==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobb907.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Stone Rose''']
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NS07.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Stone Rose''']
 
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prose stub

The Stone Rose was the seventh novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

The book was the first book of the series to feature the Tenth Doctor. Rose continued to be featured as the companion in the series, as she had in the previous six books.

The book was released only two days before David Tennant's first series on Doctor Who, which started its run on 15 April 2006.

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

2006 BBC Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum - a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to ancient Rome, but when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than a sculpture.

While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future - a girl whose predictions are surprisingly accurate. But then the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose - and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for...

2015 BBC Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

A 2,000 year old statue of Rose Tyler is a mystery that the Doctor and Rose can only solve by travelling back to the time when it was made. But when they do, they find the mystery is deeper and more complicated than they ever imagined.

While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who it seems can accurately predict the future. But when the Doctor stumbles on the terrible truth behind the statue, Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for.

An adventure set in Roman times, featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant and his companion Rose Tyler.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor and Rose eat fruit pastries with spiced wine when they first arrive in Rome. They eat fresh dates and later eat a full Roman meal, including garum, at Gracilis' villa. He consumes large quantities of honeyed wine and hot pies whilst searching for Rose. He drinks blackcurrant cordial in the British Museum.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first Tenth Doctor novel.
  • 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. The 2015 reprint in The History Collection features an introduction from Rayner.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • According to Jacqueline Rayner's website, this is the best-selling Doctor Who novel ever.[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

  • Published in China by New Star Press in 2018 as a paperback edition.
  • Chinese Edition

    Chinese Edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

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