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{{Infobox Novel|
novel name=Shell Shock|
image=[[Image:Shell_Shock_cover_illustration.jpg|250px]] Cover Illustration by [[Bob Covington]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Telos Novella]] |
number= 8|
doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Peri Brown]] |
enemy= |
year = Island G12|
writer= [[Simon A. Forward]] |
publisher= [[Telos Publishing]] |
release date= [[May]] [[2003]]  |
format= Hardback Book, ? Pages |
isbn= ISBN 1-903889-16-2 (Standard Edition)<br>ISBN 1-903889-17-0 (Limited Edition)|
previous story= [[Wonderland]] |
next story= [[The Cabinet of Light]] }}


[[Category:Proposed deletions]]
==Publisher's Summary==
The Doctor is washed up -- literally -- on an alien beach with only intelligent crabs and a madman for company.
 
How can he possibly rescue Peri who was lost at sea the same time as he and the TARDIS? But Peri has problems of her own. "Rescued" from drowning by an intelligent sponge growth, she has been adopted by the life form as its own personal God.
 
As the denizens of the beach come under increasingly vicious attack, the Doctor must discover the vital truth in time to save all their lives.
 
==Characters==
*[[Sixth Doctor]]
 
*[[Peri Brown]]
**Peri's stepfather [[Howard Foster|Howard]] sexually abused her when she was a teenager (telling her that it was their secret and that she wasn't to tell her Mom).
 
*Ranger
 
*Meathook
 
*Scrounger
 
==References==
*[[The Memory]] explores Peri's most traumatic memories these include including her transformation on [[Varos]], the Doctor's brief attempt to strangle her following his [[regeneration]], [[Sharaz Jek]]'s fawning over her, and her near drowning on [[Lanzarote]].
 
==Notes==
''to be added''
 
==Continuity==
*As Peri retreats into her memories she recalls:
:*Being nearly drowned in Lazarote in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]''.
:*Encountering Sharaz Jek in [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]''.
:*The Doctor trying to strangle Peri in [[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]''.
:*Being momentarily transformed into a avian hybrid in [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]''.
 
==Timeline==
*Shell Shock occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Moon Graffiti]]''
*Shell Shock occurs before [[MA]]: ''[[Burning Heart]]''
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.telos.cuttingsarchive.com/archive/who/novella08/main08.htm Telos.co.uk page for '''Shell Shock''']
* {{dwrefguide|telos08.htm|Shell Shock}}
* {{whoniverse|TE08.php|Shell Shock}}
 
{{prose stub}}
[[Category:Telos Doctor Who Novellas]]
[[Category:2003 novels]]
[[Category:Sixth Doctor novels]]

Revision as of 07:51, 9 May 2010


Publisher's Summary

The Doctor is washed up -- literally -- on an alien beach with only intelligent crabs and a madman for company.

How can he possibly rescue Peri who was lost at sea the same time as he and the TARDIS? But Peri has problems of her own. "Rescued" from drowning by an intelligent sponge growth, she has been adopted by the life form as its own personal God.

As the denizens of the beach come under increasingly vicious attack, the Doctor must discover the vital truth in time to save all their lives.

Characters

  • Peri Brown
    • Peri's stepfather Howard sexually abused her when she was a teenager (telling her that it was their secret and that she wasn't to tell her Mom).
  • Ranger
  • Meathook
  • Scrounger

References

  • The Memory explores Peri's most traumatic memories these include including her transformation on Varos, the Doctor's brief attempt to strangle her following his regeneration, Sharaz Jek's fawning over her, and her near drowning on Lanzarote.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

  • As Peri retreats into her memories she recalls:

Timeline

External Links

prose stub
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