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number= 61 | | number= 61 | | ||
doctor= [[Second Doctor]] | | doctor= [[Second Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Jamie]] | companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br>[[Zoe Heriot]] | | ||
enemy= Administrator Greene <br> The | enemy= Administrator [[Greene]] <br> The [[Tyrenian]]s | | ||
year= | | year= [[Axista Four]], [[2539]]| | ||
writer= [[Colin Brake]] | | writer= [[Colin Brake]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
release date= July [[2003]] | | release date= [[July]] [[2003]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48606-6 | | isbn= ISBN 0-563-48606-6 | | ||
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==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
''According to popular legend, the great humanitarian Stewart Ransom founded the Independent Earth Colony on Axista Four in the year 2439, but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...'' | ''According to popular legend, the great humanitarian [[Stewart Ransom]] founded the [[Independent Earth Colony]] on [[Axista Four]] in the year [[2439]], but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...'' | ||
The year is 2539. Arriving on Axista Four, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists -- the ' | The year is [[2539]]. Arriving on Axista Four, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists -- the '[[Realist]]s' -- has abandoned Ransome's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement. The '[[Loyalist]]s' who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction. | ||
Meanwhile, a spaceship from Earth has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake. | Meanwhile, a [[spaceship]] from [[Earth]] has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake. | ||
Who are the dog-like aliens who call themselves | Who are the [[dog]]-like aliens who call themselves [[Tyrenian]]s? What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator [[Greene]]? And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago? | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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*[[Jamie McCrimmon]] | *[[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
*[[Zoe Heriot]] | *[[Zoe Heriot]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Loving the Alien]] | after = [[Wolfsbane]]}} | {{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Loving the Alien]] | after = [[Wolfsbane]]}} | ||
[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Colony of Lies]] | [[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Colony of Lies]] | ||
[[Category:Second Doctor novels|Colony of Lies]] | [[Category:Second Doctor novels|Colony of Lies]] | ||
[[Category:2003 novels|Colony of Lies]] | [[Category:2003 novels|Colony of Lies]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 26th century|Colony of Lies]] | |||
Revision as of 19:05, 16 November 2009
Publisher's Summary
According to popular legend, the great humanitarian Stewart Ransom founded the Independent Earth Colony on Axista Four in the year 2439, but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...
The year is 2539. Arriving on Axista Four, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists -- the 'Realists' -- has abandoned Ransome's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement. The 'Loyalists' who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction.
Meanwhile, a spaceship from Earth has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake.
Who are the dog-like aliens who call themselves Tyrenians? What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator Greene? And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago?
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Timeline
For the Second Doctor:
- This story occurs after ST: uPVC
- This story occurs before: DWA: The Dragons of Kekokro
For the Seventh Doctor:
- This story occurs after BFA: The Genocide Machine
- This story occurs before: PDA: Prime Time
