Downtime |
Book |
ACROSS THE ROOM IN A HIGH-BACKED LEATHER CHAIR, VICTORIA SAW THE OLD MAN FROM THE READING ROOM. HIS FACE WAS CURIOUSLY YOUNG FOR SOMEONE SO LONG DEAD. In 1966 the Doctor defeated the Great Intelligence, but he knew it wasn't a final victory. And his companion Victoria, whose mind had once hosted the evil evtity, might still fall prey to its power. Now it seems that his fears are justified. In a Tibetan monastery, the monks display unearthly powers - UNIT are investigating. A new university has opened in London wih a secret agenda that may threaten the whole country. Victoria, abandoned in an age very different from her own, and haunted by visions of a father she refuses to believe is dead, is slipping into despair and madness. But are the visions which plague her really hallucinations? Or has the Great Intelligence once again made Earth its target for invasion? This adventure takes place after Victoria's departure from the TARDIS in FURY FROM THE DEEP. It is an expansion of the video drama of the same name, also scripted by MARC PLATT, and features unique photos taken during filming. MARC PLATT has worked as both scriptwriter and author. He scripted
the Doctor Who television story GHOST LIGHT, novelized
BATTLEFIELD
and wrote one of the early New Adventures, CAT'S CRADLE: TIME'S CRUCIBLE.
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Doctor Who - Downtime |
Number 18 in the Virgin Missing Adventures Series |
1996 Paperback Edition |
Writer: | Marc Platt |
Cover Illustration: | Paul Campbell |
Internal Photos: | Robin Prichard |
Released: | 1996 |
Publisher: | Virgin Publishing Ltd. |
ISBN | 0 426 20462 X |
Pages: | 263 |
Video |
by Marc Platt "FIND THE LOCUS" It is twenty five years since The Great Intelligence last attempted an invasion of Earth, today its evil web is again reaching out towards us! Using the New World University as its cover and the zombie-like Chilly students as its pawns, the Intelligence now seeks to controi the mind of every human being. Tangled in this new struggle are its old enemies Victoria Waterfield and Professor Travers - but whose side are they on? Fighting alone this time, without their famous scientific advisor, The Brigadier and Sarah Jane of UNIT are hard pressed to decide who is friend or foe as they search for the missing Locus which still binds the Intelligence's power. Battle is joined as the Brigadier's own family is threatened and UNIT faces a monstrous new breed of Yeti! This independently produced drama follows on from two BBCtv DOCTOR WHO stories THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN and THE WEB OF FEAR. All three stories are available as novels from Virgin Publishing. DOWNTIME is set before the DOCTOR WHO story BATTLEFIELD. Starring: Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling DOWNTIME is a Co-production between Reeltime Pictures, Tropicana Holdings,
and Dominitemmporal Services Limited.
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Downtime |
VHS PAL Video Cassette |
UK Release |
Writer: | Marc Platt |
Cover Illustration: | Paul Campell |
Running Time: | 70 mins approx |
Released: | unknown |
Publisher: | Reeltime Pictures Ltd. |
Code: | unknown |
Price: | unknown |
Technical Details |
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Victoria and Sarah
Writer: Marc Platt
Links |
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