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''"The past is like a foreign country. Nice to visit, but you really wouldn’t want to live there."''
''"The past is like a foreign country. Nice to visit, but you really wouldn’t want to live there."''


In 2003, Rebecca Whitaker died in a road accident. Her husband Mark is still grieving. He receives a battered envelope, posted eight years ago, containing a set of instructions with a simple message: "You can save her."
In [[2003]], [[Rebecca Whitaker]] died in a road accident. Her husband [[Mark Whitaker|Mark]] is still grieving. He receives a battered envelope, posted eight years ago, containing a set of instructions with a simple message: "You can save her."


As Mark is given the chance to save Rebecca, it’s up to the Doctor, Amy and Rory to save the whole world. Because this time the Weeping Angels are using history itself as a weapon.
As Mark is given the chance to save Rebecca, it’s up to [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] to save the whole world. Because this time the [[Weeping Angel]]s are using history itself as a weapon.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* The Doctor finds a [[book]] named ''[[The Venusian Book of Calm]]'' in his coat pocket.
* The Doctor finds a [[book]] named ''[[The Venusian Book of Calm]]'' in his coat pocket.
* The Doctor claims that the timey-wimey detector's ability to boil an egg is not a side-effect, but rather a feature.
* The Doctor claims that the timey-wimey detector's ability to boil an egg is not a side-effect, but rather a feature.
* The Weeping Angels have access to [[psychic paper]], which according to the Doctor, is "child's play" for them.
* The [[Weeping Angel]]s have access to [[psychic paper]], which according to the Doctor, is "child's play" for them.
* The Doctor refers to Mark's letter to himself as a "[[Sally Sparrow]] survival kit".
* The Doctor refers to Mark's letter to himself as a "[[Sally Sparrow]] survival kit".
* There are cardboard cut-outs of the [[Teletubbies]] outside [[Woolworths]].
* There are cardboard cut-outs of the [[Teletubbies]] outside [[Woolworths]].

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Touched by an Angel was the tenth Eleventh Doctor novel released.

Publisher's summary

"The past is like a foreign country. Nice to visit, but you really wouldn’t want to live there."

In 2003, Rebecca Whitaker died in a road accident. Her husband Mark is still grieving. He receives a battered envelope, posted eight years ago, containing a set of instructions with a simple message: "You can save her."

As Mark is given the chance to save Rebecca, it’s up to the Doctor, Amy and Rory to save the whole world. Because this time the Weeping Angels are using history itself as a weapon.

Characters

References

Notes

  • The Blinovitch Limitation Effect is explored in detail. The two Marks create an energy field simply by being in the same room, and the Doctor uses his Sonic Screwdriver to lessen the effect on future Rory, allowing him to make contact with his past self without consequence.
The Audiobook cover.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity

Audio release

  • The story was released as an audiobook on 6x CD read by Clare Corbett.
  • The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.