Nightshade (Doctor Who)
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| Nightshade | |
| Series | Virgin New Adventures |
| Release number | 8 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Ace |
| Writer | Mark Gatiss |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20376-3 |
| Release date | August 1992 |
| Preceded by | Cat's Cradle: Witchmark |
| Followed by | Love and War |
Nightshade is an original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Gatiss, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #190.
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
[edit] Synopsis
The Doctor and Ace end up in the village of Crook Marsham in 1968. The Doctor contemplates retiring and Ace falls in love. Edmund Trevithick, who once played the fictional character known as Professor Nightshade, begins to see other fictional characters as if they were real. The Doctor realizes that Crook Marsham has had many unexplained deaths throughout history. The villagers are then plagued by appeareances of lost loved ones.
[edit] External links
- Nightshade Prelude
- Nightshade e-book on the BBC Doctor Who website
- Nightshade at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Cloister Library - Nightshade
[edit] Reviews
- Nightshade reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Nightshade reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
