Shakedown (novelisation)

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For the independent video production upon which this novel was based, see Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans.

Publisher's summary

'The Sontarans can never defeat us. It is we who will win.'

For thousands of years the Sontaran clone-warriors and the Rutan gestalt have fought each other across the galaxy. Now the Sontarans have a plan to strike at the heart of the Rutan Empire, and utterly defeat the Rutan race.

The Doctor has his suspicions, but only one Rutan spy knows the Sontarans' secret. He is being pursued from planet to planet by Chris and Roz and by a Sontaran hit squad. After a confrontation aboard the racing space-yacht Tiger Moth, the chase culminates on the library planet Sentarion - where Professor Bernice Summerfield's researches into the history of the Sontaran/Rutan war turn into explosive reality.

Characters

  • The Doctor
    • Has grey eyes.
    • Holds a Master of Arts with the University of Antares.
    • Is known as "The Infamous General Smith" by the Sontarans because of his actions in the first third of the story.
  • Bernice Summerfield
    • Spends much of her time on the planet Sentarion doing research for the Doctor.
    • Has begun to evidence the Doctor's habit of getting into so much trouble that people can't kill them (she can't be killed in the sacred precinct. Nor can she leave the sacred precinct. It's the law).
  • Garshak
    • A super intelligent Ogron
    • Got his job because one of the other candidates mysteriously had both their arms ripped off. It was some sort of accident...

References

  • The Great Mother is the repository of the Rutan gestalt intelligence.
  • The Pinkerton Agency (aka 'The Pinks), also known as The Eye That Never Sleeps is an infamous spy organisation that flourished as far back as the 19th century.
  • The Sontaran Military Code requires the death penalty for every infraction.
  • The Time Lords seem to support the Rutans in their war with the Sontarans.
  • Lentas are grown on the planet Jekkar

Notes

Continuity

Timeline

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