Kursaal was the seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Peter Anghelides, released 8 January 1998 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.
- You may be looking for the titular planet.
Kursaal was author Anghelides' first full length contribution to Doctor Who; his previous contribution was the short story Moving On in 1996.
Publisher's summary
Kursaal is a pleasure world, a huge theme park for the Cronus system — or rather it will be if it isn't destroyed during construction.
Eco-terrorists want the project halted to preserve vital archaeological sites -- areas containing the last remains of the long-dead Jax, an ancient wolf-like race whose remains are being buried beneath the big-business tourist attractions.
Sam falls in with the environmentalists, and finds her loyalties divided. Meanwhile, the Doctor's own investigations lead him to believe the Jax are not extinct after all.
Cut off from the TARDIS, separated from his companion and pursued for murder, the Doctor discovers Kursaal hides a terrible secret — and that Sam is being affected by events more than anyone would guess...
Plot
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Characters
- Eighth Doctor
- Sam Jones
- Security Chief Paul Kadijk
- Paul Kadijk's ex-wife
- Professor Amy Saraband
- Amy Saraband's father
- Amy Saraband's partner
- Maximilian Gray
- Bernard Cockaigne
- Claire Johnson
- Denis Lambton
- Tarbogev
- Porlock
- Bandros
- Bandros' mother
- Carl Olivier
- Osram
- Leet
- Sharstone
- Aykers
- Zaterday
- Jamila
- Melissa Donoghue
- Shobu
- Bisham
- James Watford
- John Govan
- Mo Clunes
- Mikey Clunes
- Martina Lennox
- Garrick
- Webber
- Bhairom
- Mallaby
- James Jensen
- Norman
- Randy
- Huan Qua
- Frajnar Kumbolo
- Cleall
- Harding
- Vereker
- Dmowski
- Malone
- Josef Brandt
- Kepesk
- Coppington
- Mallard
- Duchevsky
- Roger
- Roger
- DuPre
- DuPre's husband
References
- In Latin, "Alius" means "other".
- The Doctor refers to Kursaal as a cross between Disneyland and Babylon 5.
The Doctor
- The Doctor mentions the Mars-Venus run.
The Doctor's items
- The Doctor has a box of everlasting matches.
Organisations
- HALF stands for Helping All Life Forms.
Species
- Geomyde are rat-headed humanoids with fluffy brown cheeks.
- Caballans are long-faced and have horse-like nostrils.
- Haxalians rotate their forehead antennae as a sign of agitation.
- Fodorans have yellow hair and blue skin.
- Brascan hermaphrodites look like orangutans in boiler suits.
- Emorgans are humanoid.
- Some other visitors to Kursaal are Alpha Centurians and Ogrons.
Notes
- In The Eight Doctors Sam's eyes are blue; in Alien Bodies they're green; and in this novel they're green when she's possessed and blue when she's not.
Continuity
- A virus like werewolf appears in TV: Tooth and Claw.
- Earth-based werewolves are featured in AUDIO: Loups-Garoux and PROSE: Wolfsbane.
- The Doctor dislikes hospitals because of his "death" in one in TV: Doctor Who.
- Sam thinks of the Tractite she killed in self defence. (PROSE: Genocide)