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The Sands of Time (Justin Richards)

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The Sands of Time is a novel written by Justin Richards. Released in 1996, it is the twenty-second novel in Virgin Books' Doctor Who Missing Adventures series and tells of the Doctor trying to stop an Osiran from being released.

Characters[]

  • Fifth Doctor
  • Tegan Jovanka
  • Nyssa
  • Nephthys - an Osiran sealed away in a pyramid in Egypt
  • Sadan Rassul - a high priest of Horus
  • Lord Kenilworth - an English aristocrat who launches an expedition to Egypt
  • Lady Ann Cranleigh
  • Atkins - Lord Kenilworth's butler
  • Nicholas Simons - a member of Kenilworth's expedition

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Publisher's summary[]

"If Sutekh had escaped, no power in the universe could have stopped him wreaking havoc and destruction. This time, it's worse."

Arriving in Victorian London, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan run straight into trouble: Nyssa is kidnapped in the British Museum by Egyptian religious fanatics; the Doctor and Tegan are greeted by a stranger who knows more about them than he should and invited to a very strange party.

Why are rooms already booked for the Doctor at the Savoy? How can Lord Kenilworth's butler Atkins be in Egypt and London at the same time? What is the history of the ancient mummy to be unwrapped at Kenilworth's house? And what has all this got to do with Nyssa?

The Doctor's quest for answers leads him across continents and time as an ancient Egyptian prophecy threatens 1990s England. While the Doctor attempts to unravel the plans of the mysterious Sadan Rassul, mummies stalk the night and an ancient terror stirs in its tomb.

In-universe continuity[]

  • The Osirans first appeared in Pyramids of Mars. Ann Cranleigh first appeared in Black Orchid.
  • One of Scaroth (who appeared in City of Death)'s selves is said to have been manipulated by the Osirans.
  • The events of this story take place short after Arc of Infinity and before Mawdryn Undead.
  • The somewhat recent death of Adric (which happened in Earthshock) is mentioned.
  • Tegan's art skills (which were first mentioned in Four to Doomsday) are mentioned again.

Sources[]

  • Goodreads
           The Missing Adventures

1994
Goth Opera, Evolution, Venusian Lullaby, The Crystal Bucephalus, State of Change
1995
The Romance of Crime, The Ghosts of N-Space, Time of Your Life, Dancing the Code, The Menagerie, System Shock, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Invasion of the Cat-People, Managra, Millennial Rites, The Empire of Glass, Lords of the Storm
1996 and 1997
Downtime, The Man in the Velvet Mask, The English Way of Death, The Eye of the Giant, The Sands of Time, Killing Ground, The Scales of Injustice, The Shadow of Weng-Chiang, Twilight of the Gods, Speed of Flight, The Plotters, Cold Fusion, Burning Heart, A Device of Death, The Well-Mannered War

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