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writer= [[Simon Messingham]] |
writer= [[Simon Messingham]] |
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
release date= January, [[1999]]|
release date= [[January]], [[1999]]|
format= Paperback Book, 276 Pages |
format= Paperback Book, 276 Pages |
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55569-6 |
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55569-6 |
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next story= [[The Taint]]}}
next story= [[The Taint]]}}


 
==Publisher’s summary==
==Publisher’s Summary==
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.


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==References==
==References==
===[[:Category:Books|Books]]===
*Professor Joan Betts wrote ''The Life and Customs of the Marine Saurians'' after spending three years investigating the [[Sea Devil]] base that was involved in the attack on [[Sea Base 4]] in [[2084]].
===[[:Category:Colony planets|Colony planets]]===
*[[Proxima 2]] is [[Earth]]'s first interstellar colony.
===[[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]]===
*[[Global Mining Corporation]] has records of [[the Doctor]] and a female associate who is under several aliases including; [[Jo Grant]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ace]].
*[[Global Mining Corporation]] has records of [[the Doctor]] and a female associate who is under several aliases including; [[Jo Grant]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ace]].
:*The female associate is listed as having graduated from [[Geneva Corporate University]] in [[2124]].
:*The female associate is listed as having graduated from [[Geneva Corporate University]] in [[2124]].
*The [[Rutan]]s gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
 
===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
*The Doctor rambles as he talks to Jake Leary mentioning a number of things; ''"I've seen it all over the galaxy. [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], manitous, [[shape shifter|shape-shifters]], Rutans, robots. Even [[the Master]] has been known to give it a whirl. And did I tell you about that time at [[Crook Marsham]]? Most memorable."''
*The Doctor rambles as he talks to Jake Leary mentioning a number of things; ''"I've seen it all over the galaxy. [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], manitous, [[shape shifter|shape-shifters]], Rutans, robots. Even [[the Master]] has been known to give it a whirl. And did I tell you about that time at [[Crook Marsham]]? Most memorable."''
*The Doctor mentions the [[Hoothi]] to Leary.
*The Doctor mentions the [[Hoothi]] to Leary.
===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
*The [[Rutan]]s gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
*Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM), this is how [[UNIT]] classifies such things, supposedly.
*Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM), this is how [[UNIT]] classifies such things, supposedly.
*[[Proxima 2]] is [[Earth]]'s first interstellar colony.
*The [[Proximan]] natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others. They possess telepathy and were once intelligent, but loose the telepathy and shared consciousness when the Face-Eater is destroyed.
*The [[Proximan]] natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others. They possess telepathy and were once intelligent, but loose the telepathy and shared consciousness when the Face-Eater is destroyed.
*The Doctor claims that [[Mars]] has two indigenous species.
*The Doctor claims that [[Mars]] has two indigenous species.
*The [[New Horizon]] was the first [[Human|human]] large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in [[2128]].
 
===[[:Category:Spacecraft|Spacecraft]]===
*The [[New Horizon]] was the first [[Human]] large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in [[2128]].


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc18.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Face-Eater''']
*{{dwrefguide|whobbc18.htm|The Face-Eater}}
*{{whoniverse|ED18.php|The Face-Eater}}


{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Beltempest]] | after = [[The Taint]]}}
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Publisher’s summary

The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.

The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.

Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded -- that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...

Characters

  • Falls down a hole, breaks his leg.
  • Gets blown up while breaking into an office, gets third degree burns, but recovers.
  • Then gets into a car, and crashes it, knocking her out and giving her numerous bruises.
  • She's still a little bit paranoid about nanotech being in her body.
  • Colony executive
  • Also known by the native Proximans as F'Seeta.
  • Is a shape shifter

References

Books

  • Professor Joan Betts wrote The Life and Customs of the Marine Saurians after spending three years investigating the Sea Devil base that was involved in the attack on Sea Base 4 in 2084.

Colony planets

Corporations

The Doctor

  • The Doctor rambles as he talks to Jake Leary mentioning a number of things; "I've seen it all over the galaxy. Werewolves, manitous, shape-shifters, Rutans, robots. Even the Master has been known to give it a whirl. And did I tell you about that time at Crook Marsham? Most memorable."
  • The Doctor mentions the Hoothi to Leary.

Races and species

  • The Rutans gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
  • Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM), this is how UNIT classifies such things, supposedly.
  • The Proximan natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others. They possess telepathy and were once intelligent, but loose the telepathy and shared consciousness when the Face-Eater is destroyed.
  • The Doctor claims that Mars has two indigenous species.

Spacecraft

  • The New Horizon was the first Human large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in 2128.

Notes

  • Page 215 contains what is possibly the only mention of the Doctor's bladder in a licensed work of Doctor Who fiction.

Continuity

Timeline

External links

Template:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box

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