The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)
Publisher's Summary
Twelve million years ago, a war touched the Earth briefly. Now, in Antarctica, an archaeological team has discovered the detritus of the conflict. And it’s alive.
Twelve million years ago, a creature evolved that was capable of consuming all life in the universe. Now someone, or something, is desperate enough to want to revive it.
Outside the ordered universe, things move. They’re hungry. And something has given them the scent of our space/time.
In the far future, the Doctor has learnt of the war and feels he must intervene -- but it’s more than just a local conflict of interest. One of the groups of combatants is from his own future, and the other has never, ever, existed.
Characters
References
Museum of Things That Don't Exist (aka Professor Mildeo Twisknadine's Wandering Museum of the Verifiably Phantasmagoric), H.P. Lovecraft, War TARDIS, Mictlan, Homunculette, Urmungstandra, The Matrix, The Enemy, Aspirin, Gallifreyan Looms, Future Time Lords, UNIT, The House of the Redloom,
Notes
- Fitz engages in...sexual relations with a future Time Lord who happens to have heads like five pointed stars, small tentacles, multiple eyes and sucking mouths...though due to a telepathic field he doesn't see this. He also 'smokes'...whilst talking to the Time Lord...unfortunately (again) it wasn't a cigarette but a tentacle.
Continuity
- This is a sequel to Image of the Fendahl.
- Vorg the magnificent (from Carnival of Monsters) is mentioned by the Doctor whilst at the Museum of Things That Don't Exist.
- Alien Bodies, Unnatural History, Interference, The Shadows of Avalon are all points where when the Doctor (and companions) have encountered elements of the Time Lord's Future War with the Enemy, and/or the Faction Paradox.
External Links
Doctor Who Reference Guide - The Taking of Planet 5 Detailed Synopsis
