Alien Bodies

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Author(s):

Lawrence Miles

First Pub:

1997

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

1997

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

386

Series:

<- War of the Daleks - Kursaal ->

Doctor Who - 8th Doctor*

#6 of 73

Doctor Who - 8th Doctor*

A series of books featuring the 8th Doctor from the once popular British television show Doctor Who.

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1) The Eight Doctors
2) Vampire Science
3) The Bodysnatchers
4) Genocide
5) War of the Daleks
6) Alien Bodies
7) Kursaal
8) Option Lock
9) Longest Day
10) Legacy of the Daleks
11) Dreamstone Moon
12) Seeing I
13) Placebo Effect
14) Vanderdeken's Children
15) The Scarlet Empress
16) The Janus Conjunction
17) Beltempest
18) The Face-Eater
19) The Taint
20) Demontage
21) Revolution Man
22) Dominion
23) Unnatural History
24) Autumn Mist
25) Interference Book One: Shock Tactic
26) Interference Book Two: The Hour of the Geek
27) The Blue Angel
28) Taking of Planet 5
29) Frontier Worlds
30) Parallel 59
31) Shadows of Avalon
32) The Fall of Yquatine
33) Coldheart
34) The Space Age
35) The Banquo Legacy
36) The Ancestor Cell
37) The Burning
38) Casualties of War
39) The Turing Test
40) Endgame
41) Father Time
42) Escape Velocity
43) Earthworld
44) Vanishing Point
45) Eater of Wasps
46) The Year of Intelligent Tigers
47) The Slow Empire
48) Dark Progeny
49) City of the Dead
50) Grimm Reality
51) The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
52) Mad Dogs and Englishmen
53) Hope
54) Anachrophobia
55) Trading Futures
56) The Book of the Still
57) The Crooked World
58) History 101
59) Camera Obscura
60) Time Zero
61) The Infinity Race
62) The Domino Effect
63) Reckless Engineering
64) The Last Resort
65) Timeless
66) Emotional Chemistry
67) Sometime Never...
68) Halflife
69) The Tomorrow Windows
70) The Sleep of Reason
71) The Deadstone Memorial
72) To the Slaughter
73) The Gallifrey Chronicles

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I have always considered it (shall we say) heresy to delve into Time Lord future. This story does so with a passion. While reading this book I constantly felt like I was walking in on the middle of a movie. Aside from that it was a descent story and would like to know more about the Faction Paradox.

I read this book in my living room over three nights in 1998. I was staying up with my wife until 11:00 PM waiting for the home health care nurse to arrive. Jolynne would go to sleep between 8:30 or 9:00 PM so I had little to do other than make sure that she was comfortable. I would read while I watched her.

Synopsis (may contain spoilers)

This is the 6th novel published by the BBC to feature the 8th Doctor. His companion is Samantha "Sam" Jones.

Extract (may contain spoilers)

'It's an auction. So what are you auctioning? Something very valuable, I should think, if the Time Lords are involved. Not a work of art, I'd guess. A Weapon?' The Doctor kept advancing. Mr Qixotl kept retreating. He got the horrible feeling he was going to run out steps pretty soon.
'Well, yeah. I mean, the Time Lords think it's a weapon.'
'They think it's a weapon?'
'It's the codes. The biodata codes.'
'Go on.'
'The body's biodata. There's something in it they think they can use to win their war. I don't know. That's what Mr H... that's what Homunculette told me.'
The Doctor narrowed his eyes, but didn't blink. 'A body? That's what this Relic of yours is? You're auctioning off a body?'
Mr Qixotl nodded, dumbly. Then he stumbled backwards, his legs trying to find the next step up and discovering there wasn't one. He thumped down on his backside at the top of the stairs.
The Doctor stood over him, nodding thoughtfully. 'That makes sense. Faction Paradox are obsessed with biodata, their rituals run on it. But to go to all this trouble... it must be the body of someone important. Someone with a reputation. Someone with unique elements in their biological profile.'
'Well, yeah.'
'Who, Qixotl? Who's body is it?'
'Look, I know you're upset -'
'Whose body?'
Again that stare. Solid blue. Qixotl swallowed, really, really hard. 'Yours,' he squeaked. 'Sorry.'

Dramatis Personae

Character

Affiliation

Doctor 8

Doctor

Samantha Jones

Companion

Added: 02-Feb-2003

Last Updated: 23-Apr-2020

Publications

24-Nov-1997

BBC Books

Date Issued:

24-Nov-1997

Pages*:

313

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

252

Publisher:

BBC Books

ISBN:

0-563-40577-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-563-40577-1

Printing:

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

Black Sheep - Cover Artist

On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents of the most formidable powers in the galaxy are gathering. They have been invited there to bid for what could turn out to be the deadliest weapon ever created.

When the Doctor and Sam arrive in the city, the Time Lord soon realises they've walked into the middle of the strangest auction in history - and what's on sale to the highest bidder is something more horrifying than even the Doctor could have imagined, something that could change his life forever.

And just when it seems his life can't get any worse, the Doctor finds out who else is on the guest list…

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