Lungbarrow is a novel written by Marc Platt. Released in 1997, it is the sixtieth book in Virgin's Doctor Who New Adventures series and tells of the Doctor returning to the House of Lungbarrow.
Due to its extremely limited printing run, Lungbarrow is one of the - if not the - rarest Doctor Who novels ever released. It is also the final novel in the New Adventures to feature the Seventh Doctor.
Characters[]
- Seventh Doctor
- Chris Cwej
- Ace
- "The Other" - a mysterious figure from Gallifrey's past who is (at least) implied to have become the Doctor
- "Susan Foreman"
- Mamlaurea - Susan's Tersuron nanny
Gallifrey[]
- Romana II - then-president of Gallifrey
- K9
- Leela
- Andred
- Rodan
- Ferain - the Director of Allegiance for the Celestial Intervention Agency
- Theora - a Lord Chancellor and member of the Patrex Chapter
- Redred - a member of the Prydon Chapterhouse Guard
- Lenadi - the Cardinal Prime of the Prydonian Chapter
- Yeux - Romana's Almoner Crest
- Jomdek - a member of the Chancellery Guard
The House Lungbarrow[]
- Badger - the Doctor's avatroid protector
- Innocet - a former childhood friend of the Doctor
- Satthalrope - the Housekeeper of Lungbarrow
- Owis - the Doctor's youngest "cousin", loomed illegally
- Glospin - the Doctor's childhood bully
- Quences - the Kithriarch of the House of Lungbarrow
- Arkhew - one of the Doctor's "cousins", described as being innofensive
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Publisher's summary[]
"Nonsense, child", retorted the Doctor. "Grandfather indeed! I've never seen you before in my life!"
All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lady President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history.
At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.
673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last.
In this, the Seventh Doctor's final New Adventure, he faces a threat that could uncover the greatest secret of them all.
Notes[]
- Lungbarrow is an adaptation of a canned serial of the same name written by Marc Platt, which also influenced Platt's serial Ghost Light.
In-universe continuity[]
- Plot threads from this novel originate in Marc Platt's previous novel Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, along with Kate Orman's Set Piece.
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See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time's Crucible | Marc Platt | 1992 | Platt's previous Doctor Who novel which introduces many themes and plot points which are continued in this novel |
| Titus Groan | Mervyn Peake | 1946 | A novel set in an unusual manor |
| So Vile a Sin | Ben Aaronovitch and Kate Orman | 1997 | A major watershed novel of the late Virgin New Adventures which is now extremely rare |
| Ghost Light | Marc Platt | 1990 | A novella by the same author set in an unusual manor |
| The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | 1980 | A novel set within an enclosed ancient building (in this case, a monastery instead of a manor) which details many political events around it |
Sources[]
- TARDIS Wiki