The Cabinet of Light (novel)

The Cabinet of Light
Doctor:	Unspecified Doctor
Main setting:	Earth, England, London, 1949
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Telos Publishing]]
Writer:	Daniel O'Mahony
Release details
Release number:	9
Release date:	10 July 2003
Format:	Hardback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903889-18-9 (Standard Edition) ISBN 1-903889-19-7 (Limited Edition)

The Cabinet of Light is a novella published by Telos Publishing in 2003. This Doctor Who story resulted in a spin-off series of books by Telos entitled Time Hunter, which would outlast Telos' licence to publish Doctor Who fiction.

Fantom Films audiobook brands this story as the first part of the Time Hunter series.

Publisher's Summary

Where is the Doctor? Everyone is hunting him.

Honoré Lechasseur, a time sensitive "fixer", is hired by mystery woman Emily Blandish to find him. Lechasseur discovers that the Doctor is, in fact, a semi-mythical figure who has appeared off and on throughout Earth’s history. But what is his connection with London in 1949? And why is a mysterious group seeking "the cabinet of light," a device somehow connected with the Doctor?

Lechasseur is about to discover that following in the Doctor's footsteps can be a difficult task.

Audiobook

Honoré Lechasseur, a "fixer" with time-sensitive abilities, is hired by Emily Blandish to find someone known only as Doctor Smith. He soon discovers that Doctor Smith is a legendary figure that has drifted in and out of Earth's history. As he follows the trail of Doctor Smith, questions arise: what is the Doctor's connection with 1949 London and with the mysterious "cabinet of light" that another group is seeking?

Characters

• The Doctor
• Honoré Lechasseur
• Emily Blandish
• G. Syme
• Eric Walken
• Mestizer
• Abraxas
• Mrs Beardsley
• Miranda Sessions
• Amber

References

• G. Syme also claims that the Doctor is credited or blamed with Great Fire of London, kidnapping the crew of the Mary Celeste, and building Stonehenge.
• The Doctor uses everlasting matches made by the Eternity Perpetual Company.

Notes

• The Doctor is this story is unspecified, and could even be one of the numerous alternate universe versions of The Doctor.
• Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish are two characters who spun off into Telos's Time Hunter novella series.
• The foreword was written by Chaz Brenchley
• The cover illustration was only used on the deluxe edition and the later audiobook.
• The deluxe edition was signed by the author, foreword writer, and cover artist.

Continuity

to be added

Timeline

• The Cabinet of Light occurs after: to be added
• The Cabinet of Light occurs before: to be added

Audio adaptation

An audio adaptation of the novella read by Terry Molloy on four CDs was released through Fantom Films on 3 October 2008 with an ISBN 978-1-906263-10-2.

External Links

• Telos.co.uk page for The Cabinet of Light
• The Cabinet of Light at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: The Cabinet of Light at The Whoniverse