Dying in the Sun (novel)
Dying in the Sun was the forty-seventh BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright. This was the second PROSE to feature this line up of Doctor and companions. The first was 1997's PROSE: The Murder Game. This novel is author Jon de Burgh Miller's only solo novel contribution - his previous novel PROSE: Twilight of the Gods was co-authored with Mark Clapham.
Publisher's summary
It was the city of angels, and the angels were screaming...
Los Angeles, 1947: multi-millionaire movie producer Harold Reitman has been murdered and the LAPD are convinced that drug dealer Robert Chate is the killer. Detective William Fletcher isn't so sure -- he believes that the man who calls himself the Doctor has a stronger connection to the crime than he's letting on.
While the Doctor assists the police with their enquiries, Star Light Pictures are preparing to release their most eagerly anticipated movie yet, Dying in the Sun, a film that rumours say will change the motion-picture industry for ever.
Suspecting that the film holds secrets more terrifying then anyone could ever have imagined, the Doctor decides to do everything in his power to stop it from being released. In Hollywood, however, it is the movie studios that hold all the power...
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Continuity
- The Doctor says that, "evil must be fought". (TV: The Moonbase)
- The Doctor tells Ben and Polly that he has not been in the United States of America for some time. (TV: The Gunfighters)
External links
- Dying in the Sun at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Dying in the Sun at The Whoniverse
