SLEEPY is a novel written by Kate Orman. Released in 1996, it is the forty-eighth novel in Virgin's New Adventures series and tells of the Doctor investigating a psychic virus.
Characters[]
- Seventh Doctor
- Bernice Summerfield
- Chris Cwej
- Roz Forrester
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Publisher's summary[]
"Stay the hell out of my mind," hissed Forrester. "Just stay away from me." She turned and stalked out of the room. Chris put his head in his hands.
The Earth colony on Yemaya 4 is a very ordinary place. The colonists spend their time farming, building homes, raising families.
But when the Doctor and his companions arrive they find a virus sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists' latent psychic powers. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover telepathy is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and Benny travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for immortality.
And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the Dione-Kisumu Company, who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology — or to sterilise the planet.
Full summary[]
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In-universe continuity[]
- The Doctor knows sign language - an ability he would lose by the time of Under the Lake.
- The Exxilons (who first appeared in Death to the Daleks) are mentioned.
- FLORANCE from Ben Aaronovitch's novel Transit reappears. She later appears in Orman and Jonathan Blum's novel Seeing I.
- This novel is part of the Brotherhood arc.
- The Doctor remembers Zebulon Pryce from Andy Lane's novel Original Sin.
See also[]
- Cold Fusion by Lance Parkin
- Seeing I by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum
- The Death of Art by Simon Bucher-Jones