The Wheel of Ice (novel)
The Wheel of Ice was the first original Doctor Who novel featuring a Doctor not current on television at the time of publication since PDA: Atom Bomb Blues in December 2005.
Publisher's summary
The Wheel. A ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn, and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth. It's a bad place to grow up.
The colony has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremlins, just bad luck. But the equipment failures and thefts of resources have been increasing, and there have been stories among the children of mysterious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. Many of the younger workers refuse to go down the warren-like mines anymore. And then sixteen-year-old Phee Laws, surfing Saturn's rings, saves an enigmatic blue box from destruction.
Aboard the Wheel, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find a critical situation — and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all.
Characters
References
- The Doctor has heard tales of a sentient race that lived before humanity but has not yet encountered them.
- The Kystra were a race of traders.
- Florian's father invented the T-Mat.
- Arkive tried to lure the Silurians to Saturn but failed when they hid underground as a rogue planet was heading towards Earth.
- The Doctor has a book in the TARDIS called Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Notes
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
- This is the first novel to feature the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe since PDA: The Indestructible Man in November 2004.
Continuity
- Zoe frequently mentions her native time and her encounter with the Cybermen on Space Station W3. (DW: The Wheel in Space)
- Zoe mentions the Ice Warriors and their use of the T-Mat network in the late 21st century. (DW: The Seeds of Death)
Timeline
- The Wheel of Ice occurs before: to be added
- The Wheel of Ice occurs after: to be added
Audio release
- The story was released as an audiobook on 6x CD read by David Troughton.
- The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
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