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Publisher's Summary
‘Stay the hell out of my mind,’ hissed Forrester. ‘Just stay away from me.’ She turned and stalked out of the room. Chris put his head in his hands.
The Earth colony on Yemaya 4 is a very ordinary place. The colonists spend their time farming, building homes, raising families.
But when the Doctor and his companions arrive they find a virus sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists’ latent psychic powers. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover telepathy is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and Benny travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for immortality.
And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the Dione-Kisumu company, who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology -- or to sterilize the planet.
Characters
- Bleeds from the eyes when Dot Smith-Smith tries to read his mind.
- Has a psi ability.
- Doesn't like telepaths.
- An AI developed as a model of the human brian.
Dot Smith-Smith
- The Doctor wins a bet with Death.
References
- The HADS are once again functioning.
- The Doctor's Beach House (Sydney, Australia); he bought it while his house in Kent was being painted.
- The Yemaya Temple has some Exxilon and Osiran archtecture.
- There is some Ikkaban poetry read throughout the novel (something about a turtle and death).
- Dione-Kisumu Company conducted medical experiments on the colonists of Yemeya 4.
Notes
- This is another of Kate Orman's novels to feature pyramids.
Continuity
- The Exxilons first appeared in DW: Death to the Daleks
- FLORENCE first appeared in Transit
- The Doctor spent his 1000th birthday on board a ship with two broken ribs Set Piece
- The Doctor searched for The Brotherhood in Christmas on a Rational Planet and battles them in The Death of Art and So Vile A Sin.
- Some AIs from this story pop up in EDA: Seeing I.
- The Doctor can read a person's dreams by touch, which he does again in DW: The Girl in the Fireplace.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Sleepy
- Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Sleepy
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