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Author: Andrew Cartmel
ISBN: 0 426 20367 4
Published: April 1992
Editor: Peter Darvill-Evans
Placement: After Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
Links: The second book in the Cat's Cradle arc. Follows on from Time's Crucible and leads into Witch Mark. Also, the first book in Andrew Cartmel's War Triology - setting up things for Warlock and Warchild. |
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| Doctor: |
The Seventh 
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The Seventh Doctor is short, dark-haired, and speaks with a slight scottish accent. He thinks of himself as "Time's Champion", deliberately seeking out situations to "put right". He usually has a plan, and is willing to manipulate everyone - including his companions - to achieve it. |
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Ace: 
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Ace was swept away from Perivale by a timestorm caused by Fenric. She arrived on Iceworld in the far future, where she met the Doctor in Dragonfire (Season 24). Ace is a bit of a teenaged delinquent, but has grown up during her time with the Doctor. She uses a home-made explosive called nitro-nine, and prefers her nickname of Ace to her real name of Dorothy. She calls the Doctor "Professor".
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| Recurring Characters: |
Shreela |
Shreela was one of Ace's circle of friends from Perivale who had been kidnapped by the Cheetah People in Survival (Season 26). |
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Miss David |
The Doctor describes her as "an old friend" who used to have a different name. She could easily be a former companion such as Sarah Jane Smith. |
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| Recommended Viewing: |
Shreela's previous encounter with the Doctor occurred in Survival. That story also introduced Midge and his sister, characters that Shreela mentions. |
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| Recommended Reading: |
The Doctor's house on Allen Road first appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Fellow Travellers. It appears in a number of later books as well. |
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In Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible the TARDIS collided with the Time Scaphe, an experimental time-travel capsule from ancient Gallifrey. As a result, she was severely damaged. |
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None. |
