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{{Infobox Novel|

novel name= Invasion of the Cat-People |

image= [[file:Ma-13.jpg|250px]] |

series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |

number= 13 |

doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |

companions= [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly]] |

enemy= [[Cat-People|the Cat-People]] <br> The Euterpians |

year= [[Cumbria]], North West [[England]] [[Queensland]], North-East [[Australia]]: 6 [[July]], [[1994]] |

writer= [[Gary Russell]] |

publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |

release date= [[August]], [[1995]] |

format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |

isbn= ISBN 0426204409|

previous story=[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]|

next story= [[Managra]] }}

==Publisher's summary==

'''‘Explode the buoys? But that will destroy the Earth!’'''<br />

'''‘Oh dear, so it will. Pass on my apologies to the humans, won’t you?’'''

[[Earth]] has been invaded. Twice. Thousands of years ago by a race searching for a new power source. More recently by the galactic marauders known as [[Cat-People|the Cat-People]], who intend to continue the work done by the earlier visitors, with devastating results.

The recently regenerated [[Second Doctor|Doctor]], along with companions [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly]], teams up with a group of amateur ghost-hunters and a mysterious white witch on a journey that takes them from [[20th century|twentieth-century]] [[Cumbria]] to the [[Arabian]] deserts of folklore and [[Australia]] 40,000 years in the past. Can the Doctor stop the invaders and disarm the bombs left buried beneath the planet’s surface - or have the ancient [[Aborigine]]s of Australia sung the seeds of their own destruction?

==Characters==

'''[[Euterpian]]s'''

'''Professors and Students'''

==References==

*When the Cat-People are searching around the [[Sol System]] they see signs of a lost civilisation. This could be a reference to the [[Ice Warrior]]s or the [[Osirian]]s.

*The Doctor's regeneration caused the TARDIS to regenerate to some extent, shrinking 15 centimetres.

*[[Magnus]] (later known as the War Chief) was unconcerned about wasting regenerations, and never listened to the Doctor who advised him not to waste them.

*Ben finds clothes in the TARDIS wardrobe which have pockets that are bigger on the inside, much like the Doctor's own pockets.  

*There were books coated in recerse tachyon-chronons (RTC) on [[Gallifrey]], but the [[Time Lord]] leaders decided that they were too dangerous and got rid of them.

==Notes==

*At the beginning of this story, three weeks have passed since the Doctor's regeneration.

*When commenting on the Cat-People, the Doctor mentions they are related to races outside of normal canon. These included: [http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lion_Men Lion-Men of Mongo], [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Caitian Caitians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kzin Kzinti], and agents of the [http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Aegis Aegis]. He als referenced mercinaries from Gin-Seng and the natives of Vedela and Capella.

==Continuity==

*The [[Cat-People]] are related to the [[Cheetah People]] who appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''.

*The [[War Machine]]s and [[WOTAN]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''), the smugglers in Cornwall ([[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]''), the Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') and the Daleks ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') are all mentioned.

*The RTC causes the Doctor's mind to wander back to his [[First Doctor|previous incarnation]], and as a result he mistakenly refers to several of his past companions - [[Ian Chesterton|Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] and [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]].

*The Doctor has always told himself that he would like to buy himself [[Smithwood Manor|a little house in Kent]] to use as a home whenever he came to Earth. This wish was subsequently fulfilled by his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Verdigris]]'') and used mostly by his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]].

*The Doctor mentions several misdeeds of his [[First Doctor|previous incarnation]], suggesting Ben ask Ian and Barbara about the caveman ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') and mention the name 'Anne Chaplet' to Steven ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''), and that even Dodo would have some stories to tell.

*The [[Time Vector Generator]] first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''.

*This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Pluto (short story)|Pluto]]''

*This story occurs before [[DWA]]: ''[[The Sour Note]]''

==External links==

* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_ma13.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Invasion of the Cat-People''']

*{{whoniverse|MA13.php|Invasion of the Cat-People}}

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20021212055911/www.gary.dircon.co.uk/StrangeCat.html Gary Russell's Strange Matter: '''Invasion of the Cat-People''', notes on the writing of the novel] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]

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