Conundrum (Doctor Who)
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| Conundrum | |
| Series | Virgin New Adventures |
| Release number | 22 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice |
| Writer | Steve Lyons |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20408-5 |
| Release date | January 1994 |
| Preceded by | The Left-Handed Hummingbird |
| Followed by | No Future |
Conundrum is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lyons, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #208. This novel is the fourth book in the "Alternate Universe cycle" which continues until No Future.
Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, the way the plot fits in to the ongoing story of television series is open to interpretation. See Whoniverse#Inclusion and canonicity
Conundrum features the Land of Fiction first seen in the 1968 television serial The Mind Robber. Lyons' later New Adventure Head Games is a sequel to this novel and also relates to the Land of Fiction.
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[edit] Plot
What seems to be a simple murder investigation in a quiet English village becomes something far more deadly for the Seventh Doctor and his companions when the inhabitants begin to exhibit superhero abilities...
[edit] Notes
This novel is effectively written in the first person by Jason, the Master of the Land of Fiction. This enables metafictional concepts; for instance, he grows frustrated that he finds it impossible to read the Doctor's mind, a reference to the New Adventures guideline that the books should not show what the Doctor is thinking.
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
- Conundrum reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Conundrum reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
