Conundrum (Lyons novel)

Conundrum

Author	Steve Lyons
Series	Doctor Who book: Virgin New Adventures
Release number	22
Subject	Featuring: Seventh Doctor Ace, Bernice
Genre	novel
Publisher	Virgin Books
Publication date	January 1994
ISBN	0-426-20408-5
Preceded by	The Left-Handed Hummingbird
Followed by	No Future

Conundrum is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice.^[1] A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lyons, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #208. This novel is the fourth book in the "Alternate Universe cycle" which continues until No Future.

Plot

What seems to be a simple murder investigation in a quiet English village becomes something far more deadly for the Seventh Doctor and his companions when the inhabitants begin to exhibit superhero abilities...

Continuity

Conundrum features the Land of Fiction first seen in the 1968 television serial The Mind Robber. Lyons' later New Adventure Head Games is a sequel to this novel and also relates to the Land of Fiction.
This novel is effectively written in the first person by Jason, the Master of the Land of Fiction. This enables metafictional concepts; for instance, he grows frustrated that he finds it impossible to read the Doctor's mind, a reference to the New Adventures guideline that the books should not show what the Doctor is thinking.
This novel features the second occasion in which the Doctor manages to repair the TARDIS's chameleon circuit, the previous occasion being the Sixth Doctor story Attack of the Cybermen. Although technically this is not the same TARDIS.

References

↑ Wolverson, E.G. "Conundrum". Doctor Who Reviews. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

Reviews

Conundrum reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
Conundrum reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Virgin New Adventures

Ace	Timewyrm: Genesys Timewyrm: Exodus Timewyrm: Apocalypse Timewyrm: Revelation Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible Cat's Cradle: Warhead Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark Nightshade

Ace and Bernice	Love and War Deceit Lucifer Rising White Darkness Shadowmind Birthright Blood Heat The Dimension Riders The Left-Handed Hummingbird Conundrum No Future Tragedy Day Legacy Theatre of War All-Consuming Fire Blood Harvest Strange England First Frontier St Anthony's Fire Falls the Shadow Parasite Warlock Set Piece

Bernice	Transit The Highest Science The Pit Infinite Requiem Sanctuary Human Nature

Bernice, Chris, Roz	Original Sin Sky Pirates! Zamper Toy Soldiers Headgames The Also People Shakedown Just War Warchild Sleepy Death and Diplomacy Happy Endings Return of the Living Dad

Chris and Roz	GodEngine Christmas on a Rational Planet The Death of Art Damaged Goods So Vile a Sin

Chris	Bad Therapy Eternity Weeps The Room with No Doors Lungbarrow

Other	Iceberg The Dying Days

Only Bernice	Oh No It Isn't! Dragon's Wrath Beyond the Sun Ship of Fools Down Deadfall Ghost Devices Mean Streets Tempest Walking to Babylon Oblivion The Medusa Effect Dry Pilgrimage The Sword of Forever Another Girl, Another Planet Beige Planet Mars Where Angels Fear The Mary-Sue Extrusion Dead Romance Tears of the Oracle Return to the Fractured Planet The Joy Device Twilight of the Gods

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 16, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.