Caged (novel)
Caged is the seventy-second novel in the BBC New Series Adventures range by Una McCormack, published by BBC Books in hardback and audiobook formats on 27 June 2024.[1][2][3][4]
It saw the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday visit a new planet and investigate sinister abductions.
Publisher's summary
Are aliens ever abducted by aliens? And if they were, would anyone believe their story? When the Doctor and Ruby arrive on Cavia, they meet a gentle local who is certain that she has been taken for study by creatures from the stars. The Doctor is concerned to find mysterious meteors appearing in the sky, while strange robotic creatures crowd the forests, watching everything and waiting for...what? Who is interested in Cavia, and why? What is the sinister truth of the abductions? The Doctor and Ruby must discover the secrets of this mysterious world – and those who would seek to destroy it...
Plot
Prologue
Ruby struggles to break free of a chamber. She gets her bearings, running a finger along the surfaces. In the darkness, she feels for something to turn on light. Thinking it might be voice operated shouts to the same effect. She hears a hiss, as if the air was being let out, or if something was being let in. Allowing herself a moment of panic, she bangs on the door.
"Doctor!"
Chapter One
to be added
Characters
- Fifteenth Doctor
- Ruby Sunday
- Chirracharr
- Sheekshirrip
- Pirrishirrir
- Thittisharr
- Tixlel
- Laxelil
- Axelal
- Raxlil
Referenced only
to be added
Worldbuilding
Notes
- An extract of this story was published on the doctorwho.tv website on 2 July 2024.[5]
- Although the back cover gives the name of the planet as "Cavia," it is never used in the story itself.
Continuity
- Ruby recalls shouting at an ambulance, as occurred in TV: Boom [+]Loading...["Boom (TV story)"], and holding space babies, as occurred in TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"].
Audiobook
An audiobook was released by BBC Audio concurrently with the print version.[1][3][6] It was narrated by Bonnie Langford.[6]
Gallery
Caged promo image
Promotional image for all three novels
Promotional wallpaper
Audiobook cover
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coming soon - three original Fifteenth Doctor novels. Doctor Who (2024-04-18). Archived from the original on 2024-04-18.
- ↑ DW Original 2. Penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-04-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462319/doctor-who-caged-by-mccormack-una/9781785949180
- ↑ https://x.com/AevitasUK/status/1806279543746859435
- ↑ https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/read-an-extract-of-original-fifteenth-doctor-adventure-caged
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Caged-15th-Novel/dp/B0D26BQQ47
External links
- Official Caged page at Penguin Books
- Excerpt of Caged on the Official doctorwho.tv website.
