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Heart of Stone was a novel released in the first edition of the 2 in 1 Doctor Who books range.
Publisher's summary
A single touch could turn you to stone... forever!
The Doctor, Amy and Rory are surprised to discover moon rocks scattered around a farm. But things get even stranger when they discover where the moon rock is coming from - a Rock Man is turning everything he touches to stone! Can the Doctor, Amy and Rory find out what the creature wants before it's too late?
Plot
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Characters
- The Doctor
- Is aided in thinking by tea.
- Is put off thinking by soppy stuff.
- Is turned to stone
- Amy Pond
- Rory Williams
- Visits the moon
- Jess Conaway
- Is engaged to Christ Jenkins
- Ralph Conaway
- Is Jess's father
- Is turned to stone
- Christ Jenkins
- Is engaged to Jess Conaway
- Was studying the volcano in Iceland
- Decides to move into the farm with Jess and Ralph
- Mr. Hoggett
- Tries to buy the farm.
- Is turned to stone.
- Never wants to see the Conaways again.
- Athrocite
References
- H.G. Wells and two of his novels, The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, are all mentioned.
- The events of the film Independence Day are due to happen in 2109.
Notes
- This novel was released in the 2 in 1 book range along with PROSE: Death Riders by Justin Richards.
- Although he features as a companion in this novel, no image of Rory is displayed on the cover.
- This story was also released as an ebook (together with PROSE: Death Riders) available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Continuity
- The Doctor asks for a Jammie Dodger. He ate one in TV: Victory of the Daleks.
- Amy compares an abandoned lab to the Mary Celeste, which the Doctor doesn't want to talk about. The Daleks pursued him and his companions onto the ship and scared away the crew and passengers in TV: The Chase.
- Rory remembers his trip in the TARDIS to Venice, although the book states this was in the 15th century when it was actually the late 16th. (TV: The Vampires of Venice)
- The Doctor gives the instruction: "When I say run, run." His second incarnation said this in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen, as did the Seventh Doctor in AUDIO: Flip-Flop.
- Amy pretends to show little interest when Rory tells her the Doctor took him to the moon, saying "Been there, done that." Although she admits she was joking, the Doctor and she did visit the moon in PROSE: Apollo 23.