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|image= Ma-24.jpg  
|image= Ma-24.jpg
|series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]  
|series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
|number= 24  
|number= 24
|doctor=Third Doctor
|doctor=Third Doctor
|companions=[[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
|companions=[[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
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|featuring6=Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
|featuring6=Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
|enemy = [[Auggi D'jo]], [[Pale Man]], [[Irish Twins]], [[Jana Kristan (imposter)|Jana Kristan]], [[Cathryn Wildeman]], [[Krugga]]
|enemy = [[Auggi D'jo]], [[Pale Man]], [[Irish Twins]], [[Jana Kristan (imposter)|Jana Kristan]], [[Cathryn Wildeman]], [[Krugga]]
|setting = {{il|[[London]], [[1970s]]|[[Cheviot Hills]], [[Northumberland]], [[1970s]]|[[Smallmarshes]], [[Kent]], [[1970s]]|[[L'Ithe]], the [[Channel Islands]], [[1970s]]}}
|setting = {{il|[[London]], [[1970s]]|[[Cheviot Hills]], [[1970s]]|[[Smallmarshes]], 1970s|[[L'Ithe]], 1970s}}
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]  
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]
|read by= [[Dan Starkey]]
|read by= [[Dan Starkey]]
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]  
|release date= [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|format= Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 262 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 262 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20477-8
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20477-8
|prev=Killing Ground (novel)
|prev=Killing Ground (novel)
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
=== 1996 Virgin Books edition ===
=== 1996 Virgin Books edition ===
:"And what exactly, Doctor [[Liz Shaw|Shaw]], do you think [[C19]] does with the dead bodies of [[Auton|plastic dummies]], [[Silurian|reptile men]], [[Primord|primordial throwbacks]] and all their human victims?"
:"And what exactly, [[Doctor]] [[Liz Shaw|Shaw]], do you think [[C19]] does with the dead bodies of [[Auton|plastic dummies]], [[Silurian|reptile men]], [[Primord|primordial throwbacks]] and all their [[human]] victims?"


A [[Marc Marshall|little boy]] goes missing; a [[Barbara Redworth|policewoman]] begins drawing [[cave painting]]s; and the employees at the mysterious [[Glasshouse]] are desperate to keep everyone away — [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] suspects it's all down to a group of [[homo reptilia]]. His assistant, Liz Shaw, has ideas of her own and has teamed up with a [[journalist]] to search for people who don't exist.
A [[Marc Marshall|little boy]] goes missing; a [[Barbara Redworth|policewoman]] begins drawing [[cave painting]]s; and the employees at the mysterious [[Glasshouse]] are desperate to keep everyone away — [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] suspects it's all down to a group of [[homo reptilia]]. His assistant, Liz Shaw, has ideas of her own and has teamed up with a [[journalist]] to search for people who don't exist.


While the Brigadier has to cope with [[UNIT]] funding, the breakdown of his marriage and [[Geneva]]'s threats to replace him, the Doctor must find the reptiles alone.
While [[the Brigadier]] has to cope with [[UNIT]] funding, the breakdown of his [[marriage]] and [[Geneva]]'s threats to replace him, the Doctor must find the reptiles alone.


And behind it all lies a conspiracy to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy reaching deep into the heart of the [[British government]].
And behind it all lies a [[conspiracy]] to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy reaching deep into the heart of the [[British government]].


=== 2014 BBC Books edition ===
=== 2014 BBC Books edition ===
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