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|enemy        = {{il|[[Chantal Osterberg]],| [[Hy-Bractor]]s}}
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|setting      = [[Bromley]], [[2005]] and [[24 May]] [[BC#Prehistory|29,185 BC]]
|setting      = [[Bromley]], [[2005]] and [[24 May]] [[BC#Prehistory|29,185 BC]]
|writer      = [[Gareth Roberts]]
|writer      = Gareth Roberts
|read by      = [[Anthony Head]]
|read by      = [[Anthony Head]]
|cover        = [[Henry Steadman]]
|cover        = [[Henry Steadman]]
|publisher    = BBC Books
|publisher    = BBC Books
|release date = {{il|[[8 September (releases)|8 September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]|[[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] (50th Anniversary Edition)}}
|release date = 8 September 2005
|release date2= 7 March 2013
|format      = Hardcover book, 254 pages
|format      = Hardcover book, 254 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 0-563-48639-2
|isbn        = ISBN 0-563-48639-2
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'''''Only Human''''' was the fifth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]] and featured the [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness]].
'''''Only Human''''' was the fifth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]] and featured the [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness]]. It was originally released in [[2005 (releases)|2005]] to accompany [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] and was re-released in [[2013 (releases)|2013]] for ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 50th Anniversary.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==

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Only Human was the fifth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Gareth Roberts and featured the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness. It was originally released in 2005 to accompany Series 1 and was re-released in 2013 for Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary.

Publisher's summary

2005 BBC Books edition

Somebody's interfering with time. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack arrive on modern-day Earth to find the culprit — and discover a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. Only a trip back to the primeval dawn of humanity can solve the mystery.

Who are the mysterious humans from the distant future now living in that distant past? What hideous monsters are trying to escape from behind the Grey Door? Is Rose going to end up married to a caveman?

Caught between three very different types of human being — past, present and future — the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack must learn the truth behind the Osterberg experiment before the monstrous Hy-Bractors escape to change humanity's history forever...

2013 BBC Books edition

Reports of a time disturbance lead the Ninth Doctor to modern-day London, where he discovers a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. A trip back to the dawn of humanity only deepens the mystery: who are these strange humans from the far future now living in the distant past? The Doctor must learn the truth about the Osterberg experiment before history is changed forever.

Plot

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Characters

Worldbuilding

TARDIS

  • The TARDIS translation circuit has a swear filter.
  • The TARDIS key works on a kind of meson projection system.

Science & Technology

  • The intriguing monotony in the occurrence of inter-caval conduction block during typical atrial flutter suggests an anatomic or electrophysiological predisposition for conduction abnormalities of the Doctor's heart.
  • Chantal removed Rose's head from her body, which can be undone by reverse-locking the kinetic seal.

Story notes

  • Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • This book was reprinted in 2013 with an entirely new cover to celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary.

Continuity

Additional cover images

Editions published outside Britain

  • Published in Finland by Luolamies Lontoossa in 2006 as a hardback edition, it was one of two books published in the 2000's.
  • Published in China by New Star Press in 2017 as a hardback edition.
  • Finnish edition

    Finnish edition

  • Chinese edition

    Chinese edition

Audiobook

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

External links

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