The Slitheen Excursion (novel)

The Slitheen Excursion (novel)

left

The Slitheen Excursion was the twenty-sixth Tenth Doctor novel to be released.

	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
	June
	Slitheen
	1500BC - Athens, Greece
	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
	Simon Guerrier
	32
	April, 2009
	Hardcover book, pages 251 pages

Publisher's summary

1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• The Slitheen Family
• June
• King Actaeus
• Aglauros
• Pandrosos
• Cecrops

References

• The Aru are mentioned. This species is said to have several chins and mandibles
• The Doctor claims to be working for the Mutter's Spiral Herald.

Notes

• The Slitheen here are said to be silicon-based whereas in Aliens of London/World War Three they were calcium-based.
• This novel continues the series of New Series Adventure novels, set after DW: Journey's End, in which an alien from the TV series returns in print (the others include the Judoon, Daleks, Sontarans, Krillitanes and Autons). Unlike these aliens, however, the Slitheen have previously appeared in another standard NSA novel in The Monsters Inside, although some other aliens listed above do appear in Quick Reads.

Continuity

• The Slitheen family debuted in DW: Aliens of London.
• The events of both DW: Aliens of London and DW: Boom Town are mentioned.
• The Navarinos are mentioned. They debuted in DW: Delta and the Bannermen.
• The Osirians are mentioned. They debuted in DW: Pyramids of Mars.

Timeline

• The Slitheen Excursion occurs after: NSA: Judgement of the Judoon
• The Slitheen Excursion occurs before: NSA: The Rising Night

Audio release

to be added

External links

• The Slitheen Excursion at the Doctor Who Reference Guide