Night of the Humans is one of the first three announced Eleventh Doctor novels, released on April 22, 2010.
Publisher's summary
"This is the Gyre – the most hostile environment in the galaxy."
250,000 years’ worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all – the Humans. The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the clock is already ticking. There’s a comet in the sky, and it’s on a collision course with the Gyre...When the Doctor is kidnapped, it’s up to Amy and “galaxy-famous swashbuckler” Dirk Slipstream to save the day. But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?
Characters
References
- Charlie and Slipstream mention the planet of Gold, Voga, which previously appeared in the 4th Doctor's Revenge of the Cybermen They also mentioned that, because of the discovery of these Golden planets, Gold was now much less valuable.
- Dirk Slipstream was once a prisoner on Prison planet Volag-Noc a planet the Tenth Doctor has been to twice.
- Amy refers to Star-Whales from The Beast Below.
Notes
pioneer 10 ( Nasa Deep Space Probe ) Appeared as Part of Gyre's Landscape
Timeline
Night of the Humans occurs after: Apollo 23
Night of the Humans occurs before: Claws of the Macra