The Man in the Velvet Mask was the nineteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony. It featured the First Doctor and Dodo Chaplet.

Contents 1 Publisher's summary 2 Plot 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 The Doctor 4.2 Locations 4.3 Time Lords 5 Notes 6 Continuity 7 External links

Publisher's summary

"The triumph of virtue. The misfortunes of vice. Who said the play had to be like the book?"

24 Messidor, XXII: the TARDIS has landed in post-revolutionary France, or so it appears. But the futuristic structure of the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris. And First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous Marquis de Sade, presides over a reign of terror that has yet to end.

Revolutionary soldiers arrest an ailing Doctor as a curfew breaker. Dodo is recruited by a band of wandering players whose intentions are less than pure. Deep in the dungeons of the Bastille, Prisoner 6 tries desperately to remember who he is. And outside time and space, a gathering of aliens watch in horror as their greatest experiment goes catastrophically wrong.

Plot

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Characters

• The Doctor
• Dodo Chaplet
• Marquis de Sade
• Prisoner 6
• Minski
• The Pageant
• Sophie
• Bressac
• Garce
• Eging
• Fantômas
• Robin Goodfellow
• Cameo
• Catherine Arouette
• Dalville
• Garce
• Juliette
• Larkspur
• Tyll Howlglass

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor feels the TARDIS "calling to him" and recalls her having done so previously when he had lost her in the fourth universe (AUDIO: Quinnis) and during the long months they were separated in China in 1289. (TV: Marco Polo)

Locations

• Earth is referred to as "Planet D02RL in Mutter's Spiral".

Time Lords

• Time Lords grow their second heart after their first regeneration.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The Doctor mistakenly calls Dodo "Susan" at one point, and again mentions how similar they look. (TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
• The Doctor tells Dodo that his time is near (referring to his approaching regeneration in TV: The Tenth Planet), and that he has known it is coming since his latest meeting with the Toymaker. (TV: The Celestial Toymaker) He also mentions that he will need the aid of the TARDIS.
• The recent departure of Steven is mentioned twice (TV: The Savages) and Dodo relates the story of his two-year imprisonment. (TV: The Chase)
• Dodo tells Dalville she can play the piano a bit, mentioning "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" as an example of something she can play. (TV: The Gunfighters)
• The Doctor recalls having been separated from the TARDIS in China. (TV: Marco Polo)
• When encountering aliens, Dodo compares them to the Monoids and Refusians. (TV: The Ark)
• Dodo recalls having seen the Earth explode. (TV: The Ark)
• The Doctor is addressed as a "lord", but denies this title. Even when confronted with the statement that he was "noble once but fell from grace", he refuses to acknowledge this.
• Dodo mentions having once almost killed the entire human race. (TV: The Ark)
• Dodo predicts she will stop travelling with the Doctor sooner rather than later. (TV: The War Machines)
• The Doctor feels the TARDIS "calling to him" and recalls her having done so previously when he had lost her in the fourth universe in AUDIO: Quinnis.
• According to the novel, Time Lords grow their second heart after their first regeneration. This is an attempt to rectify the implication in TV: The Edge of Destruction that the First Doctor had only a single heart.

External links

• Detailed synopsis of The Man in the Velvet Mask at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: The Man in the Velvet Mask at The Whoniverse

v • e Virgin Missing Adventures First Doctor Susan, Ian, Barbara The Sorcerer's Apprentice Ian, Barbara Venusian Lullaby Ian, Barbara, Vicki The Plotters Vicki, Steven The Empire of Glass Dodo The Man in the Velvet Mask Second Doctor Ben, Polly Invasion of the Cat-People Jamie, Victoria Twilight of the Gods • The Dark Path Jamie, Zoe The Menagerie Third Doctor Liz, UNIT The Eye of the Giant • The Scales of Injustice Jo, UNIT Dancing the Code Jo, Yates Speed of Flight Sarah, Jeremy, The Brig The Ghosts of N-Space Fourth Doctor Sarah, Harry System Shock • A Device of Death Sarah Evolution • Managra Romana I, K9 The Shadow of Weng-Chiang Romana II, K9 The Romance of Crime • The English Way of Death • The Well-Mannered War Fifth Doctor Adric, Nyssa, Tegan Seventh Doctor, Chris, Roz Cold Fusion Nyssa, Tegan Goth Opera • The Sands of Time Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion The Crystal Bucephalus Turlough Lords of the Storm Sixth Doctor Peri State of Change • Burning Heart Grant Time of Your Life • Killing Ground Mel Millennial Rites Seventh Doctor Chris, Roz Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan Cold Fusion Other Victoria, Sarah, The Brig Downtime Second, Third, Seventh Doctors with Dodo and Sarah Who Killed Kennedy

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