| Doctor Who book | |
|---|---|
| Genocide | |
| Series | Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| Release number | 4 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Sam, Jo, UNIT |
| Writer | Paul Leonard |
| Publisher | BBC Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-563-40572-4 |
| Release date | September 1997 |
| Preceded by | The Bodysnatchers |
| Followed by | War of the Daleks |
Genocide is an original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam, Jo and UNIT.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
Contents |
Years after leaving UNIT, Jo Grant receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A paleontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth - and out of the twentieth century altogether...
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Sam visit Earth in 2109 - but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is the home of the Tractites, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds and thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's pre-history.
Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from the TARDIS, the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam - but has even she turned against him?
Jo Grant, a UNIT veteran, receives a call for help from an old colleague. A scientific unit is being threatened by a UNIT force led by a secretive Captain. Jo Grant ends up sucked out of time and space.
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Sam go to 2109 and find an alien race where the humans should be. To make it worse, the aliens claim to have been there for thousands of years...and something is wrong with Sam's mind.