The Glamour Chase (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = Glamour.jpg

|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]

|number = 42

|doctor = Eleventh Doctor

|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]

|enemy = [[Tahnn]] [[Tactical Officer 25463]]

|setting = [[Shalford Heights]], [[1936]]

|writer = [[Gary Russell]]

|publisher = BBC Books

|release date = [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]

|format = Hardcover, 243 Pages

|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-988-7

|prev = The King's Dragon (novel)

|next = Dead of Winter (novel)

}}

'''''The Glamour Chase''''' was the sixth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Eleventh Doctor novel]] released. It saw the second appearance of the [[Glamour]] after

''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''.

‘Why are you here? I mean – who are you, exactly?’

An archaeological dig in 1936 unearths relics of another time... And – as the Doctor, Amy and Rory realise – another place. Another planet. But if Enola Porter, noted adventuress, has really found evidence of an alien civilisation, how come she isn’t famous? Why has Rory never heard of her? Added to that, since Amy’s been travelling with him for a while now, why does she now think the Doctor is from Mars?

As the ancient spaceship reactivates, the Doctor discovers that nothing and no one can be trusted. The things that seem most real could actually be literal fabrications – and very deadly indeed. Who can the Doctor believe when no one is what they seem? And how can he defeat an enemy who can bend matter itself to their will? For the Doctor, Amy and Rory – and all of humanity – the buried secrets of the past are very much a threat to the present...

== References ==

=== The Doctor ===

* The book opens with an unspecified past incarnation of the Doctor. Later in the novel, the Doctor says that that he was unsure which incarnation it was. He thinks that it was possibly between five or eight incarnations before, implying it was either the [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], or [[Sixth Doctor]]. The narration mentions "odd clothes" and "strange hair", suggesting that it may have been the Fourth or Sixth.

* When seeing a drawing of himself the Doctor says that the old brown suit that appears in the picture he's "not fitted into for a while." This is probably a reference to the outfit worn by his [[Tenth Doctor|previous incarnation]].

 

* Rory and Oliver Marks play [[Chess]] in [[the Manse]] garden.

* The original title was ''Adorable Illusion'', but the previews in the books [[PROSE]]: ''[[Apollo 23]]'', ''[[Night of the Humans]]'' and ''[[The Forgotten Army]] ''confirmed that the title was changed to ''The Glamour Chase''.

* The Doctor, Amy and Rory are still trying to get to [[Rio de Janeiro]] as they were in [[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth]]''. So far while trying to get there they have visited [[Tibet]], the world of [[Dragon]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King's Dragon]]'') and been jousting.

* [[Glamour]]s previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India]]''.

* Amy refers to "[[Prisoner Zero|universal criminals]]", "[[Saturnynian|alien vampires]]" and "[[Dream Lord|strange nightmares]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')

== Audio release ==

* The story was released as an audiobook on 5x CD read by [[Arthur Darvill]].

* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.

* {{dwrefguide|whobb942.htm|The Glamour Chase}}  

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