The Price of Paradise (novel)
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| The Price of Paradise | ||
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| Doctor: | Tenth Doctor | |
| Companion(s): | Rose Tyler | |
| Main enemy: | Witiku, Brother Hugan | |
| Main setting: | Laylora, 24th century | |
| Key crew | ||
| Publisher: | BBC Books | |
| Writer: | Colin Brake | |
| Release details | ||
| Release number: | 12 | |
| Release date: | 21 September 2006 | |
| Format: | Hardcover, 251 pages | |
| ISBN 0-563-48652-X | ||
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The Price of Paradise was the sixth Tenth Doctor novel released. It was the last to feature Rose Tyler.
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Publisher's summary 
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Laylora — the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where the peace-loving inhabitants live in harmony with their environment, Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The Paradise Planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land.
Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known?
The Doctor and Rose are in a race against time to find a cure for a sick planet.
Characters Edit
References Edit
The Doctor Edit
- In his pockets, the Doctor carries a couple of yo-yos (like the Fourth Doctor), a packet of boiled sweets, a pack of playing cards, a conker, a toy car, a banana and a cricket ball (like the Fifth Doctor). They are dimensionally transcendental.
Notes Edit
- Rose notes that, although the TARDIS can translate any spoken or written language for her, it never seemed to want to help her read the Doctor's peculiar script of curves and circles, leaving her unable to decipher where the TARDIS was actually headed.
- This is Rose's last novel appearance.
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Added by Matta jr Continuity Edit
- Rose asks if the SOS signal is a mauve alert (amongst other colours), said by the Ninth Doctor to be an intergalactic distress signal. (TV: The Empty Child) (However, the Doctor answers, "Nope, it's not one of those, it's an Intergalactic Mayday", which is an apparent contradiction.)
- The Moxx of Balhoon and the Ood are mentioned. (TV: The End of the World, The Impossible Planet)
- Rose rummages through the Doctor's pockets and notices that they are bigger on the inside, like the TARDIS. Donna Noble later mentions this. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
- Trisilicate Crystals are used to power the Humphrey Bogart, and are found in abundance on Laylora. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
- Rose tells Rez, "You can trust me on this", thinking of her father, a reference to the alternate-world Peter Tyler who used the phrase as his catchphrase. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
- Rose remembers their visit to ancient Rome. (PROSE: The Stone Rose)
- Rose recalls she once hid in a cuboard in 10 Downing Street while the house fell apart around her. (TV: World War Three)
- The idea of a sentinent planet was done in (AUDIO: The Twilight Kingdom).
Audio release Edit
- The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Shaun Dingwall.
- The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
External links Edit
- Detailed synopsis of The Price of Paradise at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Price of Paradise at The Whoniverse
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