Paradox Lost was the forty-eighth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by George Mann and featured the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"The Squall feed on psychic energy. They spread like a plague and if they are not stopped they will strip the Earth clean..."
London 1910: an unsuspecting thief finds himself confronted by grey-skinned creatures that are waiting to devour his mind. London 2789: the remains of an ancient android are dredged from the Thames. When reactivated it has a warning that can only be delivered to a man named "the Doctor".
The Doctor and his friends must solve a mystery that has spanned over a thousand years. If they fail, the deadly alien Squall will devour the world.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- While fleeing the Squall in a car, the Doctor says that he "hasn't had this much fun since Bessie."
- Professor Angelchrist reads records of previous incarnations of the Doctor, describing a "tall, thin man with long hair and a frock coat", a man with"teeth and curls" and "a long woollen scarf", a man who wore a "leather jacket" and "spoke with a Northern accent", and a man clad in a "pantomime coat of many colours".
Foods and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor drinks tea with Archangel.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Amy recalls the oxygen factory at the heart of the Byzantium after discovering that 28th century London had one. (TV: Flesh and Stone)
- The Doctor says "top hats are cool", a variation of his catchphrase "bow ties are cool". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, et al)
- The Doctor shouts "Geronimo!", another of his catchphrases. (TV: The End of Time, et al)
- Rory recalls aliens made of wool, (PROSE: The Glamour Chase) vampire creatures (TV: The Vampires of Venice) and nuclear bombs. (PROSE: Nuclear Time)
- The Doctor tells Professor Angelchrist "I'm the one the monsters are scared of." He made similar declarations in TV: The Girl in the Fireplace and The Hungry Earth.
- Rory mentions that both he and Amy have experience with "waiting". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang)
- The Doctor mentions that the rift caused by the Squall is large enough to drive a double decker bus through, then mentions that he has done something similar. (TV: Planet of the Dead)
- The Doctor brings up the TARDIS exploding. (TV: The Big Bang)
- Angelchrist serves the Doctor from a teapot etched with a five-pointed star, one of his greatest treasures that he had obtained a decade prior. (PROSE: The Maharajah's Star)
Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Published in China by New Star Press in October 2020 as a paperback edition.
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel was released as an audiobook in March 2012 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Nicholas Briggs.
Audiobook cover
