Shroud of Sorrow (novel)

Shroud of Sorrow
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Main enemy:	the Shroud
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books (UK) Broadway Paperbacks (US)]]
Writers:	Tommy Donbavand
Release details
Release date:	8 April 2013
Format:	Hardback (UK) Paperback (US)
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-576-3
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Shroud of Sorrow is one of three Eleventh Doctor novels published in April 2013 and the first to feature Clara Oswin Oswald.

Publisher's summary

23 NOVEMBER, 1963

It is the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his late father in the mists along Totter's Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane.

The faces begin to talk and scream and push through into our world as the alien Shroud begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning. Can the Doctor dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind?

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Clara Oswald
• Mae Callon
• Reg Cranfield
• Shroud

References

• A character in this book, Reg Cranfield, is a policeman patrolling Totter's Lane, and is named for the actor who played the policeman at the beginning of TV: An Unearthly Child.

Notes

• Of the three novels released in April 2013, this is the only one to feature Clara Oswald and marks her literary debut.
• At the time of its release, this was the only piece of spin-off fiction confirmed to feature Clara, as neither the Doctor Who Magazine nor Doctor Who Adventures comic strips, nor AudioGO talking books line had announced any upcoming stories featuring the companion.
• The novel is set on and around 23rd November, 1963, the day Doctor Who debuted, and revisits Totter's Lane.

Continuity

• The Doctor mentions Astrid Peth and the Titanic. (TV: Voyage of the Dammed)

Audio release

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External links

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