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The Murder Game (novel)

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The Murder Game was the second novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It featured the Second Doctor, along with his companions Ben Jackson and Polly Wright.

The novel was written by Steve Lyons, who had previously written a number of Doctor Who books. It was published on 7 July 1997 as a paperback book.

Publisher's summary

The faded glamour of a hotel in space, spinning in an all-but-forgotten orbit round the Earth, is host to some unusual visitors this weekend — including a party that claim to travel in a battered blue police box...

It is the year 2146. Answering a distress call from the dilapidated Hotel Galaxian, the TARDIS crew discover a games enthusiast is using the hotel to host a murder-mystery weekend. But it seems someone from his motley group of guests is taking things a little too seriously.

While the Doctor, Ben and Polly find themselves joining in the shadowplay, it becomes clear that a real-life murderer is stalking the dark, disused corridors of the Galaxian. But worse than this: there's a sinister force waiting silently in space for events to unfold. A terrible secret is hidden on board the Galaxian, and if it is discovered nothing — least of all murder — will ever be the same again. If this is a game, the stakes just got higher.

Chapter Titles

  1. Storm Warnings
  2. The Unusual Suspects
  3. Something Wicked
  4. Whodunnit?
  5. In the Dark
  6. Explosive Revelations
  7. Picking up the Pieces
  8. The Weapon
  9. Attack of the Killer Sharks
  10. Prisoners
  11. No Mercy
  12. The Assassination Program
  13. Target
  14. Waterlogged
  15. No One Can Hear You Scream

Plot

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Characters

References

The Doctor

  • The Doctor had previously seen an entire world devastated by the Selachians, although he had not yet met them.
  • The Doctor offers a silent prayer to "the gods of his own people".
  • In the Doctor's pockets are (amongst other things) a bag of jelly babies and a yo-yo.

Objects

Species

Notes

  • The cover image depicting the Doctor seems to actually be of Salamander, even though they were both portrayed by Patrick Troughton.
  • The back cover blurb incorrectly states that the story is set in 2146.

Continuity

External links

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