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companions= [[Sam Jones]] | | companions= [[Sam Jones]] | | ||
enemy= [[Zygon]]s | | enemy= [[Zygon]]s | | ||
year= [[London | year= [[London]], [[11 January]] [[1894]]| | ||
writer= [[Mark Morris]] | | writer= [[Mark Morris]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
cover=[[Black Sheep]]| | |||
release date= [[August]], [[1997]] | | release date= [[August]], [[1997]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, | format= Paperback Book, 288 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40568-6| | isbn= ISBN 0-563-40568-6| | ||
prev= Vampire Science (novel)| | prev= Vampire Science (novel)| | ||
next= Genocide (novel)|Genocide (novel) | next= Genocide (novel)|Genocide (novel) | ||
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'''''The Bodysnatchers''''' was the third [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel. It was the first novel to feature the [[Zygon]]s who had previously appeared in [[1975]] ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''. It also featured an appearance of Professor [[George Litefoot]] whom the Fourth Doctor had met in the [[1977]] TV story ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
It is [[London]], [[1894]]. Amid the fog, cold and degradation, a gruesome business is being conducted. The bodies of the dead are being stolen from their graves - men, women and children alike - for the sinister purpose of a very mysterious gentleman. | It is [[London]], [[1894]]. Amid the fog, cold and degradation, a gruesome business is being conducted. The bodies of the dead are being stolen from their graves - men, women and children alike - for the sinister purpose of a very mysterious gentleman. | ||
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Teaming up with an old friend, pathologist [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]], the Doctor is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Together with Sam, they discover there is a far graver threat facing London then just earthly grave robbers. Deadly alien beings the Doctor has encountered before are at work, and they bring a whole new twist to the word bodysnatchers... | Teaming up with an old friend, pathologist [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]], the Doctor is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Together with Sam, they discover there is a far graver threat facing London then just earthly grave robbers. Deadly alien beings the Doctor has encountered before are at work, and they bring a whole new twist to the word bodysnatchers... | ||
==Plot== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] | * The [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Samantha Jones]] | * [[Samantha Jones]] | ||
* [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] | * [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] | ||
* [[Albert Rudge]] | * [[Albert Rudge]] | ||
* [[Balaak]] | * [[Balaak]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* | ===[[:Category:The Doctor's items|The Doctor's items]]=== | ||
* The Zygons destroy the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Fashion and clothing|Fashion and clothing]]=== | |||
* Emmeline wears one of [[Leela]]'s outfits that Lightfoot kept from her visit. | |||
===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and beverages]]=== | |||
* The Doctor eats some [[gumblejack]] fish fritters. | |||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | |||
* [[Samantha Jones]] is still seventeen. Sam sees a half chewed baby, with only its spine attached (the rest chewed away by a Skarasesn); and then throws up in an alley. | |||
* [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] is almost sixty years old. He's still good friends with [[Henry Gordon Jago]]. He still lives at 4 Ranskill Gardens | |||
===[[:Category:Objects|Objects]]=== | |||
* The Doctor and Sam use [[Daxmoil suit]]s to protect themselves in the Thames as they escape from the Zygon ship. | |||
===[[:Category:Species|Species]]=== | |||
* The [[Xaranti]] are the enemies that wiped out the [[Zygon]]s. | * The [[Xaranti]] are the enemies that wiped out the [[Zygon]]s. | ||
* Zygons are from the planet [[Zygor]]. | * Zygons are from the planet [[Zygor]]. | ||
* | * [[Skarasen]]s provide [[milk]] for the Zygons, baby Skarasens are thirty or forty feet long. | ||
[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]=== | |||
* Sam's room in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] used to be [[Nyssa]]'s. | |||
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==Notes== | |||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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=== For Professor Litefoot === | === For Professor Litefoot === | ||
* This story takes place after [[JAL]]: ''The Hourglass Killers'' | * This story takes place after [[JAL]]: ''[[The Hourglass Killers]]'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
