A Tourist Invasion (short story)

A Tourist Invasion
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Mel
Main setting:	Eye of Orion
Key crew
Writer:	Colin Baker
Illustrator:	Paul Vyse
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Yearbook 1993
Release date:	September 1992
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A Tourist Invasion was a Brief Encounter short story published in the Doctor Who Yearbook 1993. It was the last story in the volume.

Publisher's summary

The Sixth Doctor and Mel investigate unscrupulous goings-on on a holiday resort planet. A new story by the Doctor himself, Colin Baker. Illustration by Paul Vyse.

Summary

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Characters

• Sixth Doctor
• Melanie Bush

References

• According to the Doctor, Torquemada "makes a terrible cup of tea".

Species

• The Oox call the Khee "lix".
• The Khee call the Oox "Khoogh"
• Daarg-droppings are considered delicacies by every race, except the daargs.
• Tribolycanna have a genetic inability to refuse hospitality.

Notes

• The story is also one of a few stories to feature the Doctor and be written by the actor who plays him.

Continuity

• The Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Turlough visited the Eye of Orion. (TV: The Five Doctors) The Eighth Doctor joined them there briefly. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)

External links

• A Tourist Invasion at the Doctor Who Reference Guide