The Self-Made Man (novel)

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The Self-Made Man was the third novel published in The Decades Collection on 26 October 2023 by Puffin Books to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

The novel was written by Mark Griffiths and covered the 1980s and featured the Fourth Doctor.

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Midnight, 1984.

In a sprawling, run-down housing estate in south London, a man returning from a night out in the West End finds himself pursued by a strange hooded figure.

So naturally when the Doctor and Romana arrive in the TARDIS the next day, they find themselves in the middle of a crime scene.

But when child genius Matthew Pickles - inventor of a hugely popular handheld videogame - arrives to help them crack the case, they discover there is more to this than meets the eye.

Someone has been messing with technology that's not of this earth, blurring the lines between human...and cyber. And it looks like they're out for revenge.

In a world on the brink of gadgets and gismos and dangerous tech, the pair must uncover the killer, before they strike again.

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  • The change in the Doctor's costume between his usual outfit in season 17 to his burgundy outfit and scarf as worn in season 18 is briefly explained in this book.
  • The epilogue of the story specifically leads into the opening of TV: The Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"].

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