Hope
by Mark Clapham
Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor Adventures (53), Doctor Who {non-TV} (Novels — EDA Novel)
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The Doctor's rather manic attempts to refamiliarise himself with the workings of the TARDIS result in the crew finding themselves stranded on an extremely inhospitable planet, as the TARDIS sinks through the cracking ice it landed on. This is Endpoint, the last planet in a crumbled galaxy, where hairless post-humans scrape out an existence on the noxious, barely habitable surface. In their efforts to persuade someone to resurrect the TARDIS, they encounter the real power on Endpoint, a show more cyborg named Silver, whose enhanced capabilities and mastery of technology mean he dictates what really happens, not only in the capital city, Hope, but on the entire planet. But he is worried: there is something going on that is beyond even his control. In increasing numbers, people are being killed on the streets of Hope. As the Doctor investigates, he discovers a hidden community below the surface of Endpoint, who are desperate enough to kill... show lessTags
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Fairly standard Eighth Doctor story, with the Doctor unravelling a local political intrigue as the price of regaining the Tardis, mislaid as so often. There is a very nice Anji subplot exploring her relationship with poor Dave who was killed in her first appearance, eleven books ago.
Fairly standard Eighth Doctor story, with the Doctor unravelling a local political intrigue as the price of regaining the Tardis, mislaid as so often. There is a very nice Anji subplot exploring her relationship with poor Dave who was killed in her first appearance, eleven books ago.
Hopeless.
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Series
Doctor Who {non-TV} (Novels — EDA Novel)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Hope
- Original publication date
- 2002-02-04
- People/Characters
- The Doctor (8th); Fitz Kreiner; Anji Kapoor; Silver; Joshua Kent; Kyrro (show all 11); Maria don Silvestre; Miraso; Pazon; Powlin; Stephens
- Important places
- Hope, Endpoint
- Dedication
- Dedicated to the co-authors who got me where I am today: Lance Parkin, Simon Bucher-Jones and Jonathan de Burgh Miller.
- First words
- Cool water rippled in the afternoon sun, coursing over the two ramps of shiny black rock.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But not in this lifetime.'
- Original language
- English
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.21)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
- 1
