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format= Paperback Book, 281 Pages |
format= Paperback Book, 281 Pages |
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40583-X|
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40583-X|
previous story= [[Kursaal]]|
previous story= [[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]|
next story= [[Longest Day]]}}
next story= [[Longest Day]]}}


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==Continuity==
==Continuity==
*Sam sees a full moon and shudders remembering the recent events in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal]]''.
*Sam sees a full moon and shudders remembering the recent events in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''.
*The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor; this must take place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.
*The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor; this must take place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal]]''
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''
*This story takes place before [[ST]]: ''[[The People's Temple]]''
*This story takes place before [[ST]]: ''[[The People's Temple]]''


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*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc08.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''Option Lock''']
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc08.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''Option Lock''']


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Revision as of 17:45, 19 December 2010


Publisher’s Summary

Landing in present-day England, all appears serene as the Doctor and Sam emerge from the TARDIS into the idyllic grounds of the Silver family’s ancestral home. Only when they enter the house do they suspect things are not what they seem.

How far-reaching is the strange power of a secret society almost 700 years old, and how is it linked to the mysterious Station Nine? And what is the significance of a series of paintings that drove a man to suicide?

From thirteenth-century England to the former Soviet Union, from the United States to the cold wastes of space, the various strands of a complex plan come together and threaten to engulf the world in a nightmare of nuclear destruction...

Characters

  • The Doctor
  • Samantha Jones
    • Still bites her fingernails.
    • Gets hypnotised and memories hidden.
  • Captain William Pickering
    • Silver's latest training subject.
  • Norton Silver
    • is a freelance hypnotist for the Ministry of Defense.
  • Penelope
    • Silver's wife.
  • Matthew Siolfor
    • Leader of a group of Alchemists in the 13th century.
  • Tom Dering
  • Jack Michaels
    • Dering's Vice-President
  • Pete Kellerman
    • replacement of the America's previous national security advisor who was assassinated.
    • Is also a member of the Achemists
  • also a descendant of the original alchemists
  • Tanner and Allworthy
    • Silver's servants
    • are also descendants of the original alchemists and members of their society
  • Colonel Anatoli Roskov
    • The commander of the Nevchenka nuclear base in Krejikstan.
    • Is a member of the Alchemist society

References

  • Khameirians look like gargoyles, they have a remarkable will to survive, they see their bodies as just vessels for their consciousness.
  • The Khameirians were at war with the Yogloth.
  • The TARDIS suffers a 'Critical Artron energy drain'.
  • Station Nine is a military missile platform.

Continuity

  • Sam sees a full moon and shudders remembering the recent events in EDA: Kursaal.
  • The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor; this must take place after EDA: Interference - Book Two.

Timeline

External links

Template:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box