Paradox Lost (novel)

Paradox Lost

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Paradox Lost
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond Rory Williams
Main enemy:	The Squall
Main setting:	London, 1910 London, 2789
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	George Mann
Release details
Release number:	47
Release date:	23 June 2011
Format:	Hardcover, 238 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-235-9

Paradox Lost was the eleventh Eleventh Doctor novel to be released.

Publisher's summary

"The Squall feed on psychic energy. They spread like a plague and if they are not stopped they will strip the Earth clean..."

London 1910: an unsuspecting thief finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London 2789: the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named 'the Doctor'.

The Doctor and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Amy Pond
• Rory Williams
• Professor Angelchrist
• Arven

References

• While fleeing the Squall in a car the Doctor makes a reference to Bessie.
• Amy brings up the idea of experiments involving drills, but soon states that she "could do without the earth suddenly opening beneath [her] feet again". (DW: The Hungry Earth)
• Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a "tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat" (the Eighth Doctor), a man with "teeth and curls" and "a long wollen scarf" (the Fourth Doctor), a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent" (the Ninth Doctor), and a man clad in a "pantomine coat of many colours" (the Sixth Doctor).

Notes

• This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

• The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". (DW: The Eleventh Hour, et al) It is also an indication to the Eleventh Doctor's fondness for hats. (DW: The Big Bang, The Impossible Astronaut)
• The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. (DW: The End of Time, et al)
• Rory recalls aliens made of wool (NSA: The Glamour Chase), vampire creatures (DW: The Vampires of Venice) and nuclear bombs (NSA: Nuclear Time).
• The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in The Girl in the Fireplace and The Hungry Earth.
• 28th century London has an oxygen factory in its center, similar to the one on the Byzantium. (DW: Flesh and Stone) This factory, however, has live animals within it.
• Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". (DW: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang)
• The Doctor mentions that the rift caused by the Squall is large enough to drive a double decker bus through, then mentions that he has done something similar. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
• The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. (DW: The Big Bang)

Timeline

• Paradox Lost takes place after DW: The Big Bang

Audio release

• The story was released as an audiobook download read by Nicholas Briggs available from the AudioGo website.