Matrix(Perry and Tucker novel)
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| Author | Mike TuckerandRobert Perry |
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| Series | Doctor Whobook: Past Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 16 |
| Subject | Featuring: Seventh Doctor Ace |
| Set in | Period between Illegal AlienandStorm Harvest |
| Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | 5 October 1998 |
| Pages | 280 |
| ISBN | 0-563-40596-1 |
| Preceded by | Last Man Running |
| Followed by | The Infinity Doctors |
Matrixis aBBC Booksoriginal novel written byMike TuckerandRobert Perryand based on the long-running Britishscience fiction televisionseriesDoctor Who.
Summary[edit]
It features theSeventh DoctorandAce.It also includes appearances by theWandering JewandJack the Ripper.[1]Part of it is set in an alternate timeline, featuringparallel universeversions ofIan ChestertonandBarbara Wright.The villain is theValeyard.
Inspiration[edit]
Perry and Tucker originally pitchedMatrixas aVirgin New Adventure,but were advised by range editorRebecca Levenethat the idea was unworkable.
References[edit]
As well as the obvious references toTrial of a Time Lordand theFirst Doctor's era, the Valeyard's schemes bring the Doctor face-to-face with dark alternate versions of his other selves who have been corrupted by the Valeyard; these include a First Doctor who murdered other Time Lords to departGallifreyin the first place, aFourth Doctorwho destroyed the Daleks at their beginning (Genesis of the Daleks) and aFifth Doctorwho allowedPerito die while taking the antitoxin for himself (The Caves of Androzani).
Notes[edit]
External links[edit]
- Matrixtitle listing at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
