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|series       = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]  
|series         = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
|number       = 10  
|range          = Virgin Missing Adventures
|doctor       = Second Doctor  
|number in range = 10
|companions   = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]  
|number          = 10
|enemy       = The [[Mecrim]]  
|doctor         = Second Doctor
|setting     = An [[Planet (The Menagerie)|unnamed planet]], the [[35th century]]
|companions     = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
|writer       = [[Martin Day]]  
|enemy           = [[Mecrim]]
|publisher   = Virgin Books  
|setting         = [[Planet (The Menagerie)|Unnamed planet]], [[35th century]]
|release date = [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|writer         = Martin Day
|format       = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 264 Pages  
|cover          = [[Paul Campbell]]
|isbn         = ISBN 0-426-20449-2
|publisher       = Virgin Books
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|release date   = 18 May 1995
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'''''The Menagerie''''' was the tenth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Martin Day]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].
'''''The Menagerie''''' was the tenth novel in the ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]'' series. It was written by [[Martin Day]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
:"It is said that this city rests over the great menagerie. Men who felt tempted to meddle in science were cursed and turned into beasts."
:"It is said that this city rests over the great menagerie. Men who felt tempted to meddle in science were cursed and turned into beasts."


A nameless city on a primitive, rain-sodden [[planet]]. The ruling [[Knights of Kuabris]] strive to keep order as hideous creatures emerge from the [[sewer]]s to attack the populace. It seems that there might be some truth in the prophecies after all.
A nameless [[city]] on a primitive, rain-sodden [[Planet (The Menagerie)|planet]]. The ruling [[Knights of Kuabris]] strive to keep order as hideous creatures emerge from the [[sewer]]s to attack the populace. It seems that there might be some truth in the prophecies after all.


While [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] languishes in the [[castle]] dungeons, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] is forced to lead an expedition beneath the city to search for the fabled [[Menagerie of Ukkazaal]]. Meanwhile [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] has been sold as a [[slave]] to a travelling freak show — and one of the exhibits is coming to life.
While [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] languishes in the [[castle]] [[dungeon]]s, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] is forced to lead an expedition beneath the city to search for the fabled [[Menagerie of Ukkazaal]]. Meanwhile [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] has been sold as a [[slave]] to a travelling freak show — and one of the exhibits is coming to life.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* Grand Knight [[Himesor]]
* [[Himesor|Grand Knight Himesor]]
* [[Oiquaquil]]
* [[Oiquaquil]]
* [[Defrabax]]
* [[Defrabax]]
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* [[Diseada]]
* [[Diseada]]
* [[Argaabil]]
* [[Argaabil]]
* [[Raitak]] and [[Reisak]]
* [[Raitak]]
* [[Reisak]]


== Species ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Rocarbies]]
* [[Dugraq]]
* [[Taculbain]]
* [[Mecrim]]
 
== References ==
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''to be added''


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Mecrim]] experiments were funded by [[IMC]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') which grew from the Issigri Mining Corporation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'') Their DNA was licensed from the [[Butler Institute|Butler Corporation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
* The [[Mecrim]] experiments were funded by [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation|IMC]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'') which grew from the Issigri Mining Corporation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') Their DNA was licensed from the [[Butler Institute|Butler Corporation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
* Jamie remembers his time on [[Milo Clancey]]'s spaceship ''[[LIZ 79]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'')
* Jamie remembers his time on [[Milo Clancey]]'s spaceship ''[[LIZ 79]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'')
* The Doctor tries to remember [[Det-Sen Monastery]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
* The Doctor tries to remember [[Det-Sen Monastery]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
* A female companion had been sold into slavery while the Doctor was busy with other problems in. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mena.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Menagerie''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mena.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Menagerie''']
 
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11c.html Interview conducted with Martin Day on the 12 December 1996, which appeared in ''Broadsword'' issue 11]
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