The Dying Days (novel)
Publisher's Summary
6 May 1997
The Dying Days of the Twentieth Century
On the Mare Sirenum, British astronauts are walking on the surface of Mars for the first time in over twenty years. The National Space Museum in London is the venue for a spectacular event where the great and the good celebrate a unique British achievement.
In Adisham, Kent, the most dangerous man in Britain has escaped from custody while being transported by helicopter. In Whitehall, the new Home Secretary is convinced that there is a plot brewing to overthrow the government. In west London, MI5 agents shut down a publishing company that got too close to the top secret organisation known as UNIT. And, on a state visit to Washington, the Prime Minister prepares to make a crucial speech, totally unaware that dark forces are working against him.
As the eighth Doctor and Professor Bernice Summerfield discover, all these events are connected. However, soon all will be overshadowed.
This time, the Doctor is already too late.
Characters
- This is the only appearance of Professor Bernice Summerfield with the Eighth Doctor.
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
References
- Ice Warriors invade England.
- UNIT is much better funded than it had been in the 1970s.
- The Brigadier mentions debriefing Jo Grant after her 'adventures' with the Doctor, one involving the Ice Warriors and Peladon.
Notes
- This is the only New Adventures book to feature the Eighth Doctor, and is the last Doctor Who book to be published by Virgin.
- Virgin would continue to publish The New Adevntures of Bernice Summerfield, The Dying Days ends leading Bernice to her new home at the University of Dellah.
Continuity
- The Doctor regenerated in Doctor Who: The TV Movie.
- The Doctor delivers Benny to Dellah for the start of the Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures Oh No It Isn't!.
- The Brigadier refers to debriefing Jo Grant after the events of The Curse of Peladon.
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