The Doctor Who Target novel you never asked for but secretly really wanted.
Some background: New Earth being the disreputable story that it is (unfairly, in my opinion!), I figured there was *no way* they were ever gonna release an official Doctor Who novelization of it, so I figured I may as well write my own!
As part of this ongoing pet project of mine, the unofficial manuscript is now being released as a series of audiobook-style recordings - voiced by me, with specially commissioned chapter artwork from different artists and music used with kind permission by The Celestial Mechanic.
Available wherever you can get your podcasts! Editing it all together is a bitch and the release schedule varies wildly, but I'm having so much fun doing it! 😊
THE STORY SO FAR... (below the jump)
Prologue
Far below the surface of a brave new world, two feline nurses consult on the matter of a conscious "patient"...
1. New New Doctor
The brand-new Doctor and Rose head off for new adventures together, further than they've ever gone before...
2. The Hospital
Inside a posh hospital of the far-future run by the cat-like Sisters of Plenitude, the Doctor and Rose are summoned to Ward 26, but quickly find themselves taking very different directions...
3. The Visitor of Ward 26
Up in Ward 26, the Doctor meets his mysterious summoner, who turns out to be an old familiar face...
4. The Last Human
Down in the underbelly of the hospital, Rose is lured into a trap by another very familiar face, who has survived her apparent demise on Platform One and swears revenge...
5. The Face of Boe
Young Novice Hame tells the Doctor of the stories surrounding the ancient Face of Boe, who has one last great secret he will impart upon his death...
6. Body-Snatched
Lonely gods and bouncy castles, oh my! Lady Cassandra is living it up inside Rose's body, while upstairs, the Doctor awaits...
7. A Lady's Vendetta
The Doctor's suspicions of the Sisterhood increase when a terminally ill patient, the Duke of Manhattan, is miraculously cured. Meanwhile, Cassandra-Rose plots and prepares herself for some good old-fashioned seduction...
8. Miss Tyler, I Presume?
"Rose" finally joins the Doctor in his investigation of Ward 26, but maladies and miracle-medicines aren't the only things that are amiss...
9. Intensive Care
Following on from their unexpected canoodling session, "Rose" gives the Doctor a crash-course in mainframe computer terminal hacking, and hey presto! The hospital's dark, gruesome secret is revealed...
10. The Echo of Life
A debate with a cat: do the ends justify the means? The Doctor in full Oncoming Storm mode against nice Novice Hame - at least until "Rose" reveals herself at last... Oh, wake up and smell the perfume, who else did you think it was going to be?
11. Plan B
Countdown to zero! A very 24-inspired chapter, with the Doctor in dire straits and Cassandra/Rose triumphant as the cat-nurses come calling: it's time for blackma- ahem, negotiations!
Still got a ways to go yet, cos I've got about 4 big chapters to go which I'll be working on this summer, but this is basically the ending I'm going for with my Clone!Martha fanfic, Greyhound Six Down. 👀
And your name’s Trepper, yeah? Is that Polish? Listen, we’re not checking passports. It’s not about that. But did you come across from Poland just to work?
I appreciate that in the Tooth and Claw episode, having everyone scream when the cage is uncovered makes for a dramatic cut to the titles... but isn't it just a slightly off looking dude sitting in the cage at that point? It's daytime so it's not the wolf form... and he's not that scary looking...
first doctor: oh, no, i guess we've run out of mercury, guess we have to go into the city i wanted to go into all along to find some, alas, what shall we do.
ian: i don't know how you did this but i know you did it, i know you did, i just can't prove it.
