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'''''The Glamour Chase''''' was the sixth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Eleventh Doctor novel]] released. It saw the first appearance of the [[Glamour]].
'''''The Glamour Chase''''' was the sixth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Eleventh Doctor novel]] released. It saw the first appearance of the [[Glamour]].
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The Glamour Chase was the sixth Eleventh Doctor novel released. It saw the first appearance of the Glamour.

Publisher's summary

‘Why are you here? I mean – who are you, exactly?’

An archaeological dig in 1936 unearths relics of another time... And – as the Doctor, Amy and Rory realise – another place. Another planet. But if Enola Porter, noted adventuress, has really found evidence of an alien civilisation, how come she isn’t famous? Why has Rory never heard of her? Added to that, since Amy’s been travelling with him for a while now, why does she now think the Doctor is from Mars?

As the ancient spaceship reactivates, the Doctor discovers that nothing and no one can be trusted. The things that seem most real could actually be literal fabrications – and very deadly indeed. Who can the Doctor believe when no one is what they seem? And how can he defeat an enemy who can bend matter itself to their will? For the Doctor, Amy and Rory – and all of humanity – the buried secrets of the past are very much a threat to the present...

Characters

References

The Doctor

  • The book opens with an unspecified past incarnation of the Doctor. Later in the novel, the Doctor says that that he was unsure which incarnation it was. He thinks that it was possibly between five or eight incarnations before, implying it was either the Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, or Sixth Doctor. The narration mentions "odd clothes" and "strange hair", suggesting that it may have been the Fourth or Sixth.
  • When seeing a drawing of himself the Doctor says that the old brown suit that appears in the picture he's "not fitted into for a while". Which is probably a reference to the outfit worn by his previous incarnation.

Archaeologists

Species

Games from the real world

Notes

  • The original title was Adorable Illusion, but the previews in the books PROSE: Apollo 23, Night of the Humans and The Forgotten Army confirmed that the title was changed to The Glamour Chase.
  • 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 5x CD read by Arthur Darvill.
  • The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.

Gallery

  • Glamour.jpg

    Original cover

  • French edition

    French edition

  • The Audiobook cover

    The Audiobook cover

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Rose
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Tenth Doctor
Main book series
Rose
Martha
Donna
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Quick Reads
Rose
Martha
Alone
Audiobooks
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Alone
 
Eleventh Doctor
Main book series
Amy
Amy and Rory
Alone
Clara
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Amy and Rory
Alone
Audiobooks
Amy
Amy and Rory
2-in-1 books
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Main book series
Clara
Benny
Bill
Bill and Nardole
Audiobooks
Clara
Alex and Brandon
Alone
 
Thirteenth Doctor
Main book series
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Ryan, Yaz, Graham and Ace
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