Survival is a novella written by Rona Munro. Released in 1990, it is a novelization of Munro's Doctor Who serial of the same name.
Characters[]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- The Master
- Karra - one of the "cheetah people".
- Midge - one of the natives of Perivale transported to the "cheetah world". Becomes the Master's servant.
- Sergeant Paterson - A police sergeant who teaches at the Perivale youth centre
- Derek - one of the natives of Perivale transported to the "cheetah world".
- Harvey and Len - greengrocers in Perivale
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Publisher's summary[]
"So what's so terrible about Perivale?" the Doctor asked as he caught up with her. Ace sighed again. "Nothing ever happens here."
Ace had wanted her homecoming to be spectacular. She had imagined the amazed greetings of her old friends, the gasps of surprise as she recounted her time-travelling adventures.
But Perivale on a summer Sunday seems the least lively place in the universe. The members of Ace's old gang have gone away — disappeared.
The Doctor has other things on his mind. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale? Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary the Master?
As Harvey the grocer said to his partner Len: "I'm telling you, you put a catflap in and you get just anything coming into your house."
SURVIVAL was the last of the four adventures broadcast in the 1989 Doctor Who season on BBC television.
Full summary[]
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In-universe continuity[]
- The Master gains a new body in David A. McIntee's novel First Frontier. He gains another new body in the TV Movie.
- Shreela dies in Andrew Cartmel's novel Cat's Cradle: Warhead.
- Ace also meets the Master in Nick Briggs' audio drama The Light at the End, though these events are erased at the end of the story.
Sources[]
- TARDIS Wiki