Cold Fusion is a novel written by Lance Parkin. Released in 1996, it is the twenty-ninth novel in Virgin's Doctor Who Missing Adventures series and tells of two separate incarnations of the Doctor facing off against figures tied to Gallifreyan history.
Characters[]
- Fifth Doctor
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Chris Cwej
- Nyssa
- Roz Forrester
- Tegan Jovanka
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Publisher's summary[]
"The entire universe is at stake and I'm locked in here with another incarnation of myself, and not even one of the good ones!"
More than one TARDIS lands on a barren ice world. The Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan find a once ordered society on the verge of collapse, as rebels wage a dirty war with Scientifica, the ruling elite. All that stands between order and anarchy is the massed presence of an Adjudicator peacekeeping force.
But is peace the only reason for the Adjudicator garrison? What exactly has been discovered deep below the planet's surface? Who are the mysterious Ferutu? And why is telling a ghost story a criminal offence?
The Fifth Doctor sides with the cause of justice and fairness as always. But, as a threat to the universe unfolds, he finds himself in conflict with his past... and his future.
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In-universe continuity[]
- The Doctor does not remember the events of his first two incarnations well. This is also mentioned in Grant Morrison's comic The World Shapers.
- Patience reappears in Lance Parkin's novel The Infinity Doctors.
- The Ferutu reappear in Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller's novel Twilight of the Gods.