The Stealers of Dreams (novel)
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The Stealer of Dreams was the sixth and final Ninth Doctor novel released.
Publisher's summary
In the far future, the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it’s a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream.
But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back. And the Doctor wants to help -- until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares.
With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...
Characters
References
- Jack says he knows of the 'real' Face of Boe.
- The Doctor thinks that using his psychic paper to pretend to pay his hotel bill is justified because he's probably about to save the hotelier's world.
- Rose has trouble pronouncing the Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe.
- Jack once ran out of fuel in the Ataline system with nothing but a traffic cone he'd picked up on a night out.
- The chips on the colony are made from a local vegetable which is blue. They are soft, oily and peppery.
- Jack mentions that he is a Time Agent and threatens the enemy with the war fleet of the Time Agency.
Story notes
- There is a reference to the events of Boom Town, placing it after that story. However, at the end of Boom Town, the Doctor stated they were going to Raxacoricofallapatorius. Then in Bad Wolf, he said they went from there to Japan, before being caught in the transmat. Doctor Who reference Guide insists that there is a gap, as he may have been referring to a different trip to Raxacoricofallapatorius. Maybe to revisit Margaret. Also, the transmat is known to affect memory, so the Doctor possibly could not remember at the time.
- This is the last Ninth Doctor novel.
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Continuity
- This plot is similar to TV: The Happiness Patrol.
- When Rose calls Jackie, she mentions the events of TV: Boom Town.
- Rose recalls her first meeting with the Doctor in TV: Rose.
Audio release
- The story was released as an audiobook read by Camille Coduri.
- The audiobook is only available as a download from the AudioGo website.
External links
- The Stealers of Dreams at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Stealers of Dreams at The Whoniverse
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