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companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]]| | companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]]| | ||
enemy= [[Khameirian]] | | enemy= [[Khameirian]] | | ||
year= [[Earth]], London, 1998 | | year= [[Earth]], [[London]], [[1998]] | | ||
writer= [[Justin Richards]] | | writer= [[Justin Richards]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
release date= February, 1998 | | release date= February, 1998 | | ||
format= Paperback Book, | format= Paperback Book, 281 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0 563 40583 X| | isbn= ISBN 0-563-40583-X| | ||
previous story= [[Kursaal]]| | previous story= [[Kursaal]]| | ||
next story= [[Longest Day]]}} | next story= [[Longest Day]]}} | ||
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How far-reaching is the strange power of a secret society almost 700 years old, and how is it linked to the mysterious Station Nine? And what is the significance of a series of paintings that drove a man to suicide? | How far-reaching is the strange power of a secret society almost 700 years old, and how is it linked to the mysterious Station Nine? And what is the significance of a series of paintings that drove a man to suicide? | ||
From thirteenth-century England to the former Soviet Union, from the United | From [[13th century|thirteenth-century]] England to the former Soviet Union, from the United States to the cold wastes of space, the various strands of a complex plan come together and threaten to engulf the world in a nightmare of nuclear destruction... | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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[[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] | [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] | ||
* Sam bites her fingernails | * Sam still bites her fingernails. | ||
*Gets hypnotised and memories hidden. | |||
Captain William Pickering | [[William Pickering|Captain William Pickering]] | ||
Norton Silver | Norton Silver | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[ | *[[Khameirian]]s look like gargoyles, they have a remarkable will to survive, they see their bodies as just vessels for their consciousness. | ||
*The Khameirians were at war with the [[Yogloth]]. | |||
*The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] suffers a 'Critical [[Artron energy]] drain'. | |||
*[[Station Nine]] is a military missile platform. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
[[Kursaal]] | *Sam sees a full moon and shudders remembering the recent events in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal]]'' | ||
*The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor this must take place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference: Book Two]]''. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc08.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Option Lock] | *[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc08.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''Option Lock'''] | ||
{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Kursaal]] | after = [[Longest Day]]}} | {{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Kursaal]] | after = [[Longest Day]]}} | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 6 March 2008
Publisher’s Summary
Landing in present-day England, all appears serene as the Doctor and Sam emerge from the TARDIS into the idyllic grounds of the Silver family’s ancestral home. Only when they enter the house do they suspect things are not what they seem.
How far-reaching is the strange power of a secret society almost 700 years old, and how is it linked to the mysterious Station Nine? And what is the significance of a series of paintings that drove a man to suicide?
From thirteenth-century England to the former Soviet Union, from the United States to the cold wastes of space, the various strands of a complex plan come together and threaten to engulf the world in a nightmare of nuclear destruction...
Characters
- Sam still bites her fingernails.
- Gets hypnotised and memories hidden.
Norton Silver
References
- Khameirians look like gargoyles, they have a remarkable will to survive, they see their bodies as just vessels for their consciousness.
- The Khameirians were at war with the Yogloth.
- The TARDIS suffers a 'Critical Artron energy drain'.
- Station Nine is a military missile platform.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Sam sees a full moon and shudders remembering the recent events in EDA: Kursaal
- The epilogue features an older Sam Jones who does not travel with the Doctor this must take place after EDA: Interference: Book Two.
