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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-third [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. This novel presents another take on what happened to the Master following the events in | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-third [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. This novel presents another take on what happened to the Master following the events in the television story ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''Coming up after the break, the start of a new series of programmes featuring the mysterious traveller in Time and Space known only as | ''Coming up after the break, the start of a new series of programmes featuring the mysterious traveller in Time and Space known only as — the Doctor.'' | ||
Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the [[Time Vortex]], the Doctor and [[Ace]] land on the planet [[Blinni-Gaar]]. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment. | Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the [[Time Vortex]], the Doctor and [[Ace]] land on the planet [[Blinni-Gaar]]. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment. | ||
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Why is the Director-General of Channel 400 so interested in the Doctor? Who are the mysterious aliens who watch from the shadows of the Brago nebula? And why is a pack of [[Zzinbriizi]] jackals stalking the streets of Blinni-Gaar? | Why is the Director-General of Channel 400 so interested in the Doctor? Who are the mysterious aliens who watch from the shadows of the Brago nebula? And why is a pack of [[Zzinbriizi]] jackals stalking the streets of Blinni-Gaar? | ||
As the Doctor is drawn deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue and deceit he discovers that he has an unexpected ally | As the Doctor is drawn deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue and deceit he discovers that he has an unexpected ally — of the most dangerous kind. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Revision as of 02:35, 6 May 2014
Prime Time was the thirty-third BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace. This novel presents another take on what happened to the Master following the events in the television story Survival.
Publisher's summary
Coming up after the break, the start of a new series of programmes featuring the mysterious traveller in Time and Space known only as — the Doctor.
Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the Time Vortex, the Doctor and Ace land on the planet Blinni-Gaar. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment.
Why is the Director-General of Channel 400 so interested in the Doctor? Who are the mysterious aliens who watch from the shadows of the Brago nebula? And why is a pack of Zzinbriizi jackals stalking the streets of Blinni-Gaar?
As the Doctor is drawn deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue and deceit he discovers that he has an unexpected ally — of the most dangerous kind.
Plot
to be added
Characters
References
Foods and beverages
Individuals
- Ace's second name is Gale.
Planets
- The Fleshsmiths are from the planet Scrantek in the Brago nebula.
TARDIS
- The Doctor's TARDIS has an on board gym.
Television series
- Channel 400 programmes air programs which include Walking with Drashigs and Ogron Hospital.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Master is still infected with the cheetah virus that he contracted during the events of TV: Survival. This contradicts PROSE: First Frontier in which the Master gains a new body immediately after leaving the Cheetah World.
- TV: Bad Wolf bears similarities to this novel: mainly the fact the public are obsessed with reality and quiz shows on television.
- Events of this novel lead into events in PROSE: Heritage.
External links
- Prime Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Prime Time at The Whoniverse
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