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== References == | == References == | ||
=== | === Anatomy and physiology === | ||
* [[Regeneration]] causes unpredictable gaps in memory. | * [[Regeneration]] causes unpredictable gaps in memory. | ||
=== | === The Doctor === | ||
*The Doctor uses the phrase "two shakes of a [[sluggerlug]]'s tail". | *The Doctor uses the phrase "two shakes of a [[sluggerlug]]'s tail". | ||
=== | === Biology === | ||
* A [[sneg]] is a kind of hairy newt. | * A [[sneg]] is a kind of hairy newt. | ||
* A [[flubble]] is a Gallifreyan animal resembling a small-nosed, six-legged koala. | * A [[flubble]] is a Gallifreyan animal resembling a small-nosed, six-legged koala. | ||
* A [[Schlenk Blossom]] is a type of [[Gallifreyan]] flower. | * A [[Schlenk Blossom]] is a type of [[Gallifreyan]] flower. | ||
=== | === Foods and beverages === | ||
* The Doctor and Sarah drink [[Cocktail|hot rum toddies]] after being rescued at sea. | * The Doctor and Sarah drink [[Cocktail|hot rum toddies]] after being rescued at sea. | ||
* The Doctor also drinks [[Spirit#Port|port]]. | * The Doctor also drinks [[Spirit#Port|port]]. | ||
* The Brigadier drinks [[Alcohol#Spirit|Scotch]] while he's on the plane to Bombay. | * The Brigadier drinks [[Alcohol#Spirit|Scotch]] while he's on the plane to Bombay. | ||
=== | === Individuals === | ||
* The Doctor has met [[Charles Darwin]]. | * The Doctor has met [[Charles Darwin]]. | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] lives in an attic [[bedsit]] near [[Hampstead Heath]]. | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] lives in an attic [[bedsit]] near [[Hampstead Heath]]. | ||
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*Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is an only child. | *Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is an only child. | ||
=== | === United Nations Intelligence Taskforce === | ||
* Most of the men under the Brigadier's command at [[UNIT]] are ex-SAS professionals. | * Most of the men under the Brigadier's command at [[UNIT]] are ex-SAS professionals. | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 30 January 2013
- You may be looking for the unrelated Island of Death on the planet Dulkis, or Stella Island, this novel's titular "island of death".
Island of Death was the seventy-first BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Third Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. This is author Barry Letts' first solo PROSE novel (he had previously written Deadly Reunion with Terrance Dicks).
Publisher's summary
"He would learn nothing from the internal organs - and for a very good reason: there was nothing there. The dead girl's body was literally just skin and bone."
A New Age cult worships a hideous god - or is it a demon? - called the Skang. What possible connection can it have with the mysterious corpse on Hampstead Heath?
Sarah Jane Smith enlists the help of the Third Doctor and the Brigadier, and their investigations take them halfway across the world, to a remote island that has been turned into a paradise for the followers of the cult.
But the island is not what it seems, and neither is the Skang itself; and the Doctor and his companions are faced with the task of saving not only its devotees but the whole of mankind from a loathsome death.
Plot
to be added
Characters
- The Doctor
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Sgt Benton
- Jeremy Fitzoliver
- Mrs Fitzoliver
- Alex Whitbread
- Hilda Hutchens
- Clorinda
- Will Cabot
- Sister Helga
- Brother Dieter
- Major Chatterjee
- Mr Gorridge
- Peter Andrews
- Commander Gene Hogben
- Bob Simkins
- Chris Watts
- [[]]
References
Anatomy and physiology
- Regeneration causes unpredictable gaps in memory.
The Doctor
- The Doctor uses the phrase "two shakes of a sluggerlug's tail".
Biology
- A sneg is a kind of hairy newt.
- A flubble is a Gallifreyan animal resembling a small-nosed, six-legged koala.
- A Schlenk Blossom is a type of Gallifreyan flower.
Foods and beverages
- The Doctor and Sarah drink hot rum toddies after being rescued at sea.
- The Doctor also drinks port.
- The Brigadier drinks Scotch while he's on the plane to Bombay.
Individuals
- The Doctor has met Charles Darwin.
- Sarah Jane Smith lives in an attic bedsit near Hampstead Heath.
- Sarah's father is from Liverpool.
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is an only child.
United Nations Intelligence Taskforce
- Most of the men under the Brigadier's command at UNIT are ex-SAS professionals.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Sarah wrote an article on Spaceworld, which appeared in AUDIO: The Paradise of Death.
External links
- Island of Death at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Island of Death at The Whoniverse
