Alien Bodies is a novel written by Lawrence Miles. Released in 1997, it is the sixth novel in BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures series and tells of an unusual auction.
Characters[]
- Eighth Doctor
- Sam Jones
- Marie - a sentient and humanoid TARDIS
- Mr. Qixotl - a veteran of the War in Heaven who hosts the auction
- The Shift - a conceptual entity and a servant of the Celestis
- Homunculette - a Time Lord
- Cousin Justine - an agent of Faction Paradox
- Little Brother Manjuele - an agent of Faction Paradox
- Lieutenant Kathleen Bregman - a UNISYC lieutenant
- Joseph Armitage Kortez - a UNISYC colonel
- Trask - an agent of the Celestis
- E-Kobalt - the leader of the Kroton forces
- Tchike - a UNISYC general
- Kristopher Patrick Englund - an agent of the Celestis
- The Black Man - an agent of the Celestis with pitch-black skin
- Sanjira - a Faction Paradox Cousin
- Mr. Gabriel - a Gabrielidean living on Dronid
- qQqa=mo+rna=t - a Metatraxi agent of the Celestis
- Kamala - a native of the East Indies ReVit Zone
- Don XaPristi - a crime boss on Dronid
- Third Doctor
- Sarah Jane Smith
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Publisher's summary[]
On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents of the most formidable powers in the galaxy are gathering. They have been invited there to bid for what could turn out to be the deadliest weapon ever created.
When the Doctor and Sam arrive in the city, the Time Lord soon realises they've walked into the middle of the strangest auction in history — and what's on sale to the highest bidder is something more horrifying than even the Doctor could have imagined, something that could change his life forever.
And just when it seems things can't get any worse, the Doctor finds out who else is on the guest list.
Continuity[]
In-universe[]
- Trask is the same Trask from The Highlanders.
- The Krotons previously appeared in the serial of the same name.
- The War in Heaven becomes a somewhat major presence in the Eighth Doctor Adventures.
- The Metatraxi appear next in Ben Aaronovitch's audio drama Earth Aid.
- The planet Dronid (or Drornid) was first mentioned in Shada.
- Marie and Homunculette appear next in Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham's novel The Taking of Planet 5.
- The Ice Warriors and their rock are mentioned by the Black Man. The rock is a reference to the Thousand Day War, first mentioned in Ben Aaronovitch's novel Transit.
- Dale Smith's novel The Many Hands features a Laika protocol.
- The Raston Warrior Robots from The Five Doctors feature again.
Author's[]
- The Black Man also appears in Lawrence Miles' Faction Paradox novel This Town Will Never Let Us Go.
- Justine becomes a recurring character in the Faction Paradox series, starting with Miles' audio drama The Eleven Day Empire.
- The Shift is a major character in Miles' (and several other authors) collaborate novel The Book of the War.
- Faction Paradox's leader Grandfather Paradox was first mentioned in Miles' previous novel.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-D War | Alan Moore | 1981 | A major inspiration for this novel |
| Time's Crucible | Marc Platt | 1992 | Another similarly inventive Doctor Who novel |
| Transit | Ben Aaronovitch | 1992 | Another similarly inventive Doctor Who novel |
| The Infinity Doctors | Lance Parkin | 1998 | Another similarly inventive Doctor Who novel |