The Silurian Gift (novel)

The Silurian Gift
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Main enemy:	The Silurians The Myrka The Sea Devils
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	Mike Tucker
Release details
Release number:	7
Release date:	7 February 2013
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-558-9
Quick Reads
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The Silurian Gift was the seventh release in the Quick Reads series. It was released on 7 February 2013.

Publisher's summary

'My new Fire-Ice will solve all the problems of the planet!' The world is on the brink of crisis. As fuel runs short, society begins to break down. One man seems to have the answer. But is it too good to be true? The Doctor arrives at an old oil refinery near the South Pole, concerned by claims about this new form of energy. He soon discovers something huge and terrifying is stalking the refinery. It brings death and destruction in its wake. The battle has begun for planet Earth.

Plot

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Characters

• The Doctor
• The Silurians
• The Sea Devils
• The Myrka

References

Cultural references from the real world

• When asked which paper he is from, the Doctor answers that it was "The Beezer, I think, or Whizzer and Chips. One of the quality tabloids". These are both children's comics which folded in the early 1990s.

Notes

The Silurian Gift pre-release cover.

• Prior to release of this novel a cover design was released that featured the Doctor in his Series 6 costume and that series' Doctor Who logo.

Continuity

• The Doctor first encountered the Myrka in his third incarnation in a Silurian base, (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice) and later on Sea Base 4 in 2084 during his fifth incarnation. (TV: Warriors of the Deep)
• The Doctor expresses a fondness for Jammie Dodgers. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
• The Doctor says he "had to pull some strings at UNIT" to get to the South Pole. (TV: The Invasion, et al)
• The Doctor mentions that Sea Devils are "a nickname coined in the 70's." (TV: The Sea Devils)

External links

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