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|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
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|number       = 7
writer= [[Jacqueline Rayner]]|
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
publisher= [[BBC Books]]|
|companions   = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
release date= [[13 April|13]] [[April]] [[2006]]|
|featuring    = Mickey Smith
format= Hardcover paperback|
|featuring2  = Jackie Tyler
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48643-0|
|enemy       = [[Aulus Valerius Ursus]]
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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.


==Introduction ([[wikipedia:blurb|blurb]])==
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]].
[[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 [[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 suprisingly 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...
== 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.


==Summary==
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...
[[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] finds a 2000 year old statue of [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and the [[TARDIS]] whisks [[The Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] to Ancient [[Rome]]. [[The Doctor]] meets a man named Gracilis, whose sixteen-year-old son Optatus has recently gone missing. They go to a slave-girl astronomer, to see if she could tell Gracilis where Optatus is. Gracilis promptly purchases Vanessa off her owner, Balbus. They go to Gracilis's villa, where a slave - Ursus - has made a statue of Optatus. [[The Doctor]] becomes suspicious of how quickly Ursus made the statue ... <!-- I have to read it again before I get more details! -->
 
==References==
=== 2015 BBC Books edition ===
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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.
==Characters==
 
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 ==
''to be added''
 
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]
* Gnaeus Fabius Gracilis
* [[Gnaeus Fabius Gracilis]]
* GENIE
* [[GENIE]]
* [[Marcia Gracilis]]
* [[Aulus Valerius Ursus]]
* [[Vanessa Moretti]]
* [[Optatus Gracilis]]
 
== 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]].
 
=== 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.
 
== 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>
 
== 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)}})
 
== 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>''
 
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in China by New Star Press in 2018 as a paperback edition.
 
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
ChineseStoneRose.jpg|Chinese Edition
</gallery>
 
== Audiobook ==
* 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.


==External Links==
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* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobb907.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Stone Rose''']
Stone Rose audio.JPG|Audiobook cover
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NS07.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Stone Rose''']
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== External links ==
* {{Penguin|1071593/doctor-who--the-stone-rose/}}
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* {{whoniverse|ns07|The Stone Rose}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stonerose.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Stone Rose''']
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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 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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  1. ↑ http://jacrayner.com/featured-works/doctor-who-the-stone-rose/
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