The Stone Rose (novel)

The Stone Rose
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Main enemy:	Ursus
Main setting:	London, 2007 Rome, 120 AD
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	Jacqueline Rayner
Release details
Release number:	1
Release date:	13 April 2006
Format:	Hardcover paperback
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-48643-0

The Stone Rose is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner, and features the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

Introduction (blurb)

Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum - a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to ancient Rome, but when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than a sculpture.

While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future - a girl whose predictions are suprisingly accurate. But then the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose - and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for...

Summary

Mickey finds a 2000 year old statue of Rose and the TARDIS whisks the Doctor and Rose to Ancient Rome. The Doctor meets a man named Gracilis, whose sixteen-year-old son Optatus has recently gone missing. They go to a slave-girl astronomer, to see if she could tell Gracilis where Optatus is. Gracilis promptly purchases Vanessa off her owner, Balbus. They go to Gracilis's villa, where a slave - Ursus - has made a statue of Optatus. The Doctor becomes suspicious of how quickly Ursus made the statue ...

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Rose Tyler
• Mickey Smith
• Jackie Tyler
• Gnaeus Fabius Gracilis
• GENIE

External Links

• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Stone Rose
• Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for The Stone Rose