Psi-ence Fiction (novel)
Psi-ence Fiction was the forty-fifth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Chris Boucher, released 3 September 2001 and featured the Fourth Doctor and Leela.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
It's Reading Week at the University of East Wessex, but not everything comes to a stop.
The wood is still haunted. Experiments in telepathy, remote viewing, precognition and other paranormal phenomena continue in the Parapsychology Department. The department heads still think the Kellerfield Research Fellow is out for publicity rather than psychic results. A grisly murder remains unsolved by local police. The students are still holding seances in the graveyard.
When the TARDIS arrives in Norswood, the Doctor and Leela are caught up in events that are spiralling out of control. Leela is chased by a phantom, and the Doctor takes the waters. But soon it isn't just the Parapsychology Department's funding that's in question — it's the whole of existence.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fourth Doctor
- Leela
- Chloe Pennick
- Tommy Carmodie
- Meg Lansing
- Joan Cox
- Ralph Naylor
- Josh Randall
- Dr. Barry Hitchins
- Professor John Finer
- Professor Bill Parnaby
- DC Martin Bartok
- DS Bob Simpson
- Fred
- Len Spart
- Amanda Joslin
- Frank
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor tells Leela for the first time that the Tesh and the Sevateem are probably descended from the people of Earth.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Leela dislikes jelly babies and eats her first fried breakfast.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Despite the publisher's summary, the fictional University of East Wessex doesn't give Hitchins his own Department, much less full professorship. It is his Fellowship that supports him.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Psi-ence Fiction at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Psi-ence Fiction at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Psi-ence Fiction
