Prime Time (Doctor Who)

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Doctor Who book
Prime Time
Series	Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	33
Featuring	Seventh Doctor Ace
Writer	Mike Tucker
Publisher	BBC Books
ISBN	ISBN 0-563-55597-1
Set between	Storm Harvest and Heritage
Number of pages	288
Release date	July 2000
Preceded by	'Heart of TARDIS'
Followed by	'Imperial Moon'

Prime Time is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

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

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Trivia 3 External links 3.1 Reviews

[edit] Synopsis

Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the Time Vortex, the Doctor and Ace land on the planet 'Blinni Gaar'. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment.

[edit] Trivia

• The Master is offered a new body by the Fleshsmiths, as he is infected by the Cheetah Virus, last seen in the story, Survival.
• The TARDIS is revealed to have an onboard gym.
• The Doctor has a model railway and a working model of the Flying Scotsman running through the TARDIS. It runs through the control room and through the corridors.
• The episode Bad Wolf bears similarites to this novel: mainly the fact the public are obsessed with reality and quiz shows on television.
• References are made to the Foamasi, who appeared in the story The Leisure Hive.
• The Doctor and Ace claim to be an alternative comedian and a children's TV presenter respectively; a reference to the pre-Doctor Who careers of Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred

[edit] External links

• Prime Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

[edit] Reviews

• Prime Time reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• Prime Time reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

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