Alien Bodies (novel)
Alien Bodies is the sixth installment in the series of BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure novels. It was written by Lawrence Miles and first published in 1997.
Publisher's Summary
On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents of the most formidable powers in the galaxy are gathering. They have been invited there to bid for what could turn out to be the deadliest weapon ever created.
When the Doctor and Sam arrive in the city, the Time Lord soon realises they've walked into the middle of the strangest auction in history - and what's on sale to the highest bidder is something more horrifying than even the Doctor could have imagined, something that could change his life forever.
And just when it seems things can't get any worse, the Doctor finds out who else is on the guest list.
Characters
References
- This is the first actual appearance of the Faction Paradox
- Alien Bodies introduces many of the players and concepts in the future war; The Celestis, Faction Paradox, Type 103 TARDIS's.
- Details of the Krotons are explored.
- Sam Jones first encounters her alternate 'dark Sam' self.
- UNISYC, equivalent of UNIT has representatives at the auction.
Mictlan, Dronid, Biodata, The Relic, Quiescia,
Continuity
- Christmas on a Rational Planet is the first Doctor Who novel to mention Grandfather Paradox.
- The Faction Paradox make further appearances in; Unnatural History, Interference, The Ancestor Cell.
- The War effects of the war crop up in various novels; Unnatural History, Interference, The Taking of Planet 5, The Shadows of Avalon, The Banquo Legacy, The Ancestor Cell, Dead Romance.
- This is the first mention of Sam Jones's 'dark Sam' Sam's true timeline, this would be explained throughout Unnatural History.
