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{{Infobox Novel | {{Infobox Novel | ||
|image = [[Image:Deviantstrain_cover.jpg|250px]] | |||
image=[[Image:Deviantstrain_cover.jpg|250px]]| | |novel name = The Deviant Strain | ||
series= | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | ||
number= 4| | |number = 4 | ||
doctor=[[Ninth Doctor]] | | |doctor = [[Ninth Doctor]] | ||
companions= [[Rose Tyler]], [[Jack Harkness]] | |companions = [[Rose Tyler]], [[Jack Harkness]] | ||
|writer = [[Justin Richards]] | |||
|publisher = [[BBC Books]] | |||
writer= [[Justin Richards]] | | |release date = [[September]] [[2005]] | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | |format = Hardcover book 253 pages | ||
release date= [[September]] [[2005]] | | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-48637-6 | ||
previous story= [[Winner Takes All]] | | |previous story = [[Winner Takes All]] | ||
next story = [[Only Human]] | |next story = [[Only Human]] | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
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Until the Russian Special Forces arrive -- and discover that the Doctor and his companions are here too. But there is something else in Novrosk. Something that predates even the stone circle on the cliff top. Something that is at last waking, hunting, killing.... | Until the Russian Special Forces arrive -- and discover that the Doctor and his companions are here too. But there is something else in Novrosk. Something that predates even the stone circle on the cliff top. Something that is at last waking, hunting, killing.... | ||
Can the Doctor and his friends stay alive long enough to learn the truth? With time running out, they must discover who is really responsible for the Deviant Strain... | Can the Doctor and his friends stay alive long enough to learn the truth? With time running out, they must discover who is really responsible for the Deviant Strain... | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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*[[Boris Brodsky]] | *[[Boris Brodsky]] | ||
*[[Catherine Kornilova]] | *[[Catherine Kornilova]] | ||
*[[Nikolai Stresnev]] | *[[Nikolai Stresnev]] | ||
*[[Georgi Zinoviev]] | *[[Georgi Zinoviev]] | ||
*[[Razul]] | *[[Razul]] | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 29 November 2010
Publisher's summary
The Novrosk Peninsula: the Soviet naval base has been abandoned, the nuclear submarines are rusting and rotting. Cold, isolated, forgotten.
Until the Russian Special Forces arrive -- and discover that the Doctor and his companions are here too. But there is something else in Novrosk. Something that predates even the stone circle on the cliff top. Something that is at last waking, hunting, killing....
Can the Doctor and his friends stay alive long enough to learn the truth? With time running out, they must discover who is really responsible for the Deviant Strain...
Characters
- The Doctor
- Rose Tyler
- Jack Harkness
- Pavel Vahlen
- Valeria Mamentova
- Grodny
- Oleg Levin
- Ilya Sergeyev
- Krylek
- Sofia Barinska
- Igor Klebanov
- Alex Minin
- Boris Brodsky
- Catherine Kornilova
- Nikolai Stresnev
- Georgi Zinoviev
- Razul
References
- The crashed spaceship comes from an obscure group or race called the Arcane Collegiate.
Story notes
- The "Deviant Strain" is also the name commonly applied to the "Doctor Who" font, which has been seen many times in spinoff material in the revived series, including the cover of the revived series novels.
Continuity
to be added
Timeline
- The Deviant Strain occurs after: DW: The Doctor Dances
- The Deviant Strain occurs before: NSA: Only Human
