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|novel name = The Stealers of Dreams
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 6
|number = 6
|doctor = [[Ninth Doctor]]
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|companions = [[Rose Tyler]]<br>Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]
|enemy =   
|enemy =[[Kimmi Waller]], [[Cal Tyko]]  
|year = Colony world 4378976.Delta-Four, [[Arkannis Major]], [[2775]]
|setting = [[Arkannis Major]], [[2775]]
|writer = [[Steve Lyons]]
|writer = Steve Lyons
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|publisher = BBC Books
|release date = [[September]] [[2005]]
|read by = [[Camille Coduri]]
|format = Hardcover Book, 245 Pages
|release date = 8 September 2005
|isbn = ISBN 0563486384
|format = Hardcover, 245 Pages
|previous story = [[Only Human]]
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48638-4
|next story = [[The Stone Rose]]
|prev = Only Human (novel)
}}'''The Stealer of Dreams''' was the sixth and final [[BBC New Series Adventures|Ninth Doctor novel]] to be released.
|next = The Stone Rose (novel)
==Publisher's summary==
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In the far future, the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it’s a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream.
|cover = [[Henry Steadman]]
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'''''The Stealers of Dreams''''' was the sixth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]] and featured the [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
In the [[far future]], [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] find [[Arkannis Major|a world]] on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it's a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream.


But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back. And the Doctor wants to help -- until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares.
But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back. And the Doctor wants to help -- until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares.
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With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...
With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
''Rose, Jack and the Doctor end up on Colony World 4378976.Delta-Four where fiction is banned… but all is not what it seems. Hal Gryder, the supposed spreader of fiction, turns people “Fiction-mad” as they are taken to the Big White House, the Home for the Cognitively Disconnected.''
 
The Doctor sets off on a journey to find out why fiction is so dangerous, while Rose and Jack make new friends, Domnic Allen and a beggar man claiming to be Hal Gryder.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Ninth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Domnic Allen]]
* [[Kimmi Waller]]
* [[Hal Gryden]]
* [[Cal Tyko]]
* [[Jackie Tyler]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The [[chips]] on the colony are made from a local vegetable which is blue. They are soft, oily and peppery.
 
=== Individuals ===
* Jack says that he knows of the "real" [[Face of Boe]].
* Rose has trouble pronouncing the [[Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]].
* Jack mentions that he is a [[Time Agent]] and threatens the enemy with the war fleet of the [[Time Agency]].
 
=== Locations ===
* Jack once ran out of [[fuel]] in the [[Ataline system]] with nothing but a [[traffic cone]] he'd picked up on a night out.
 
=== Objects ===
* The Doctor thinks that using his [[psychic paper]] to pretend to pay his hotel bill is justified because he's probably about to save the hotelier's world.


*[[Ninth Doctor]]
== Story notes ==
*[[Rose Tyler]]
* There is a reference to the events of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', placing it after that story. However, at the end of ''Boom Town'', the Doctor stated they were going to [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]]. Then, in ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', he said they went from there to Japan, before being caught in the transmat.
*Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
* This is the last [[Ninth Doctor]] novel.
*[[Domnic Allen]]
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
*[[Kimmi Waller]]
*[[Hal Gryden]]
*[[Cal Tyko]]&nbsp;


==References==
== Continuity ==
*Jack says he knows of the 'real' [[Face of Boe]].
* This plot is similar to [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''.
*The Doctor thinks that using his [[psychic paper]] to pretend to pay his hotel bill is justified because he's probably about to save the hotelier's world.
* When Rose calls Jackie, she mentions the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''.
*Rose has trouble pronouncing the [[Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]].
* Rose recalls her first meeting with the Doctor in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
*Jack once ran out of fuel in the [[Ataline system]] with nothing but a traffic cone he'd picked up on a night out.
* Jack refers to knowing about the Face of Boe, predating when Jack told the Doctor that that was his nickname when he was younger. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
*The [[chips]] on the colony are made from a local vegetable which is blue, and they are soft, oily and peppery.
*Jack mentions that he is a [[Time Agent]] and threatens the enemy with the war fleet of the [[Time Agency]].


==Story notes==
== Editions published outside Britain ==
*There is a reference to the events of ''[[Boom Town]]'', placing it after that story. However, at the end of Boom Town, the Doctor stated they were going to [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]]. Then in [[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]], he said they went from there to Japan, before being caught in the transmat. [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobb906.htm Doctor Who reference Guide] insists that there is a gap, as he may have been referring to a different trip to Raxacoricofallapatorius. Also, the transmat is known to affect memory.
* Published in France by Milady in in 2012 as a paperback edition.
*This is the last [[Ninth Doctor]] novel.
* Published in China by New Star Press in 2020 as a paperback edition.


==Continuity==
== Audiobook ==
*This plot is similar to [[DW]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]''
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Camille Coduri]]. The audiobook was exclusive to the [[AudioGo]] website before the company went into administration.
*When Rose calls Jackie she mentions the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]''.
*Rose recalls her first meeting with the Doctor in [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.


==Timeline==
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*''The Stealers of Dreams'' occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]''
The Stealers of Dreams Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
*''The Stealers of Dreams'' occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''
</gallery>


==External links==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stealers.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Stealers of Dreams''']
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The Stealers of Dreams was the sixth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons and featured the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness.

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

In the far future, the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it's a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream.

But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back. And the Doctor wants to help -- until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares.

With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rose, Jack and the Doctor end up on Colony World 4378976.Delta-Four where fiction is banned… but all is not what it seems. Hal Gryder, the supposed spreader of fiction, turns people “Fiction-mad” as they are taken to the Big White House, the Home for the Cognitively Disconnected.

The Doctor sets off on a journey to find out why fiction is so dangerous, while Rose and Jack make new friends, Domnic Allen and a beggar man claiming to be Hal Gryder.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The chips on the colony are made from a local vegetable which is blue. They are soft, oily and peppery.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor thinks that using his psychic paper to pretend to pay his hotel bill is justified because he's probably about to save the hotelier's world.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • There is a reference to the events of Boom Town, placing it after that story. However, at the end of Boom Town, the Doctor stated they were going to Raxacoricofallapatorius. Then, in Bad Wolf, he said they went from there to Japan, before being caught in the transmat.
  • This is the last Ninth Doctor novel.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This plot is similar to TV: The Happiness Patrol.
  • When Rose calls Jackie, she mentions the events of TV: Boom Town.
  • Rose recalls her first meeting with the Doctor in TV: Rose.
  • Jack refers to knowing about the Face of Boe, predating when Jack told the Doctor that that was his nickname when he was younger. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

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

  • Published in France by Milady in in 2012 as a paperback edition.
  • Published in China by New Star Press in 2020 as a paperback edition.

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

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