Borrowed Time (novel)

Borrowed Time
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	Naomi A. Alderman
Release details
Release number:	48
Release date:	23 June 2011
Format:	Hardcover, 255 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-233-5
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Borrowed Time was the twelfth Eleventh Doctor novel released.

Publisher's summary

"You want more time Mr Brown, of course you do. We all want more time. Let me make you an offer..."

Andrew Brown never has enough time. No time to call his sister, or to prepare for that important presentation at the bank where he works. The train’s late, the lift jams. If only he’d had just a little more time. And time is the business of Mr Symington and Mr Blenkinsop. They’ll lend him some – at a very reasonable rate of interest.

Detecting a problem, the Doctor, Amy and Rory go undercover at the bank. But they have to move fast to stop Symington and Blenkinsop before they cash in their investments.

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Amy Pond
• Rory Williams
• Andrew Brown
• Mr Symington
• Mr Blenkinsop
• Nadia
• Sameera
• Bob
• Rob
• John
• Dean
• Greg
• Dan Logovik

References

• Earth is referred to as "the most frequently attacked, colonised, exploited and enslaved planet in the five galaxies".
• In the aftermath of Symington and Blenkinsop's defeat, the cleanup at the bank is taken care of by UNIT and Torchwood.

Notes

• The Millenium Dome is being used as a secret self-storage depot for intergalactic travellers called "LittleGreenStorage", under the auspices of a small alien called the Yomalet-Ram.
• The Doctor gives twenty years of his own lifetime to settle the debt Amy incurred on her Time Harvester.
• This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

• The Doctor mentions the Mandragora Helix, suggesting that a temporal flux caused by it was responsible for the death of renaissance nobleman Piero de Medici. (DW: The Masque of Mandragora)
  • Author Naomi A. Alderman has cited The Masque of Mandragora as one of her favourite Doctor Who stories. [1]
• The Doctor mentions needing to keep a diary again. The Second Doctor previously used a diary when he first regenerated (DW: The Power of the Daleks) and the Eighth doctor also had one. (DW: Doctor Who)

Timeline

• This story occurs after: WC: Cold Snap
• This story occurs before: DWM: Spam Filtered

Audio release

• The story was released as an audiobook download read by Meera Syal available from the AudioGo website.