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|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
|companions = | |companions = [[Adelaide Brooke|Adelaide]] | ||
|enemy = [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|The Flood]] | |enemy = [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|The Flood]] | ||
|year = [[Bowie Base One]], [[21 November]] [[2059]] | |year = [[Bowie Base One]], [[21 November]] [[2059]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"Water is patient... water just waits. Water always wins!" | "Water is patient... water just waits. Water always wins!" | ||
[[21 November|November 21st]] [[2059]], and [[Bowie Base One]] - the first [[human]] [[colony]] on [[Mars]] - is destined for destruction in a nuclear explosion. This tragedy is a fixed point in history. The [[Laws of Time]] dictate that it cannot - must never - be changed. | [[21 November|November 21st]] [[2059]], and [[Bowie Base One]] - the first [[human]] [[colony]] on [[Mars]] - is destined for destruction in a nuclear explosion. This tragedy is a fixed point in history. The [[Laws of Time]] dictate that it cannot - must never - be changed. | ||
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== Chapter titles == | == Chapter titles == | ||
* Prologue | * Prologue | ||
* 1. Time and Space | * 1. Time and Space | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The name of [[Bowie Base One]] being in tribute to [[David Bowie]] is more explicitly implied, with the Doctor wondering why "whoever was clever enough to name this place after a music god never thought about putting bikes on the cargo manifest". | * The name of [[Bowie Base One]] being in tribute to [[David Bowie]] is more explicitly implied, with the Doctor wondering why "whoever was clever enough to name this place after a music god never thought about putting bikes on the cargo manifest". | ||
* The moment of Adelaide's suicide sends the Doctor falling to his knees "as if he had been thrown to the ground as [[Time Lord Victorious (series)|time itself had shuddered]]". | * The moment of Adelaide's suicide sends the Doctor falling to his knees, "as if he had been thrown to the ground as [[Time Lord Victorious (series)|time itself had shuddered]]". | ||
* As well as their romance being more explicitly shown, the later lives of Yuri and Mia are expanded on, including that they named their first-born daughter [[Adelaide (The Waters of Mars)|Adelaide]]. | * As well as their romance being more explicitly shown, the later lives of Yuri and Mia are expanded on, including that they named their first-born daughter [[Adelaide (The Waters of Mars)|Adelaide]]. | ||
* The Doctor's defiant "No!" at the end is clarified as a vow not to go too far again. | * The Doctor's defiant "No!" at the end is clarified as a vow not to go too far again. | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 4 September 2023
The Waters of Mars was a novelisation based on the 2009 television episode The Waters of Mars. It was written by one of the original writers Phil Ford and released by Target Books on 13 July 2023.
Publisher's summary
"Water is patient... water just waits. Water always wins!"
November 21st 2059, and Bowie Base One - the first human colony on Mars - is destined for destruction in a nuclear explosion. This tragedy is a fixed point in history. The Laws of Time dictate that it cannot - must never - be changed.
The Doctor arrives just as a viral life-form escapes from the Martian ice into the base's water supply. A single drop can transform a human into a terrifying monster with the power to infect others. History records that the threat is destroyed along with the base and every human in it. But as his darkest hour comes calling, the Doctor resolves to break the rules as he never has before...
Chapter titles
- Prologue
- 1. Time and Space
- 2. Bowie
- 3. Life on Mars
- 4. November 21st
- 5. Garden of Horrors
- 6. Isolation
- 7. The Flood
- 8. Action One
- 9. The Woman with Starlight in Her Soul
- 10. Ancient History
- 11. Water Calls
- 12. Leaving
- 13. Airlock
- 14. Last of the Time Lords
- 15. The Doctor Returns
- 16. The Flood Rises
- 17. Gadget
- 18. Time Lord Victorious
- 19. The Song in the Snow
Deviations from televised story
- The name of Bowie Base One being in tribute to David Bowie is more explicitly implied, with the Doctor wondering why "whoever was clever enough to name this place after a music god never thought about putting bikes on the cargo manifest".
- The moment of Adelaide's suicide sends the Doctor falling to his knees, "as if he had been thrown to the ground as time itself had shuddered".
- As well as their romance being more explicitly shown, the later lives of Yuri and Mia are expanded on, including that they named their first-born daughter Adelaide.
- The Doctor's defiant "No!" at the end is clarified as a vow not to go too far again.
Writing and publishing notes
to be added
Continuity
to be added
Audiobook
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 13 July 2023 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Maureen O'Brien.
Audiobook cover
External links
- Official The Waters of Mars page at Penguin Books
