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{{Infobox Novel | {{Infobox Novel | ||
|image = [[Image:The_King_of_Terror.jpg|250px]] | |||
image= [[Image:The_King_of_Terror.jpg|250px]] | | |novel name = The King of Terror | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | |series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
number= 37 | | |number = 37 | ||
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]]| | |doctor = [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] <br> [[Turlough]]| | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] <br> [[Turlough]] | ||
enemy= Control <br> The CIA <br> The Jex <br> The Canavitchi| | |enemy = Control <br> The CIA <br> The [[Jex]] <br> The [[Canavitchi]] | ||
year=[[Earth]]| | |year = [[Earth]] | ||
writer= [[Keith Topping]] | | |writer = [[Keith Topping]] | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | |publisher = [[BBC Books]] | ||
release date= November [[2000]] | | |release date = November [[2000]] | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | |format = Paperback Book, ? Pages | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53802-3 | | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-53802-3 | ||
previous story=[[Independence Day]]| | |previous story = [[Independence Day]] | ||
next story=[[The Quantum Archangel]]}} | |next story = [[The Quantum Archangel]] | ||
}} | |||
==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
'''All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?''' | '''All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?''' | ||
As the millennium draws to a close, the future of humankind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, InterCom. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and his companions to investigate the company's Los Angeles headquarters. But their infiltration is disurpted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfillment of age-old prophecies. | As the millennium draws to a close, the future of humankind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, [[InterCom]]. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and his companions to investigate the company's Los Angeles headquarters. But their infiltration is disurpted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfillment of age-old prophecies. | ||
While the Doctor and UNIT encounter aliens in the boardroom, Tegan meets a pop star, Turlough finds himelf a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander. | While the Doctor and UNIT encounter aliens in the boardroom, Tegan meets a pop star, Turlough finds himelf a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander. | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
*The King of Terror occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'' | *The King of Terror occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'' | ||
::The Doctor mentions trying to get a 'chap from 1693' back home for months, placing this story after ''The Awakening''. | ::The Doctor mentions trying to get a 'chap from 1693' back home for months, placing this story after ''The Awakening''. | ||
*The King of Terror occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'' | *The King of Terror occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'' | ||
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{{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Independence Day]] | after = [[The Quantum Archangel]]}} | {{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Independence Day]] | after = [[The Quantum Archangel]]}} | ||
[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures|King of Terror]] | [[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures|King of Terror]] | ||
[[Category:Fifth Doctor novels|King of Terror]] | [[Category:Fifth Doctor novels|King of Terror]] | ||
[[Category:2000 novels|King of Terror]] | [[Category:2000 novels|King of Terror]] | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 18 November 2009
Publisher's Summary
All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?
As the millennium draws to a close, the future of humankind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, InterCom. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and his companions to investigate the company's Los Angeles headquarters. But their infiltration is disurpted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfillment of age-old prophecies.
While the Doctor and UNIT encounter aliens in the boardroom, Tegan meets a pop star, Turlough finds himelf a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander.
Characters
- Grew up in Caloundra, seventy miles from Brisbane
References
- The Brigadier still has the space-time telegraph.
- Tegan drinks vodka and orange juice.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
to be added
Timeline
- The King of Terror occurs after: DW: The Awakening
- The Doctor mentions trying to get a 'chap from 1693' back home for months, placing this story after The Awakening.
