Spiral Scratch (Doctor Who)

"This article is about the book. For other uses see Spiral Scratch."Doctorwhobook
title=Spiral Scratch
series=Past Doctor Adventures
number=72
featuring=Sixth Doctor Mel


writer=Gary Russell
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 0-563-48626-0
set_between=Immediately before "Time and the Rani"
pages=
date=August 4 2005
preceding="Island of Death"
following="Fear Itself"|

"Spiral Scratch" is a BBC Books original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Sixth Doctor and Mel.

Continuity

*The end of the novel suggests another explanation for the Doctor's regeneration into his seventh incarnation rather than the crash landing seen at the start of "Time and the Rani". There is also a reference to the Sixth Doctor meeting a future version of himself in the TARDIS, although which incarnation is not specified. Russell also includes further suggestions that the BBC books range and the Big Finish Productions audio range take place in parallel universes, and even has brief appearances from Peri, Evelyn Smythe, the Cyber-enhanced Evelyn from "Real Time" and Frobisher.

*The unofficial novel Time's Champion, written by the late Craig Hinton and his partner Chris McKeon, does not entirely retcon the events of this novel, but it does imply that The Doctor's endevour there is a new timeline created by The Sixth Doctor in his first act as "Time's Champion" as he attempts to save Mel from the clutches of Death, who would become a frequent nemesis to the Seventh Doctor

Notes

* The novel was originally titled "Future Nostalgia". [cite book| chapter=Author's note| title=Spiral Scratch| first=Gary| last=Russell| year=2005]

Outside References

*The title of the book is taken from the record of the same name by Buzzcocks.

References

External links

*Doctor Who RG | id=whobbk72 | title=Spiral Scratch

Reviews

*OG review | id=bbcp-72 | title=Spiral Scratch
*DWRG | id=spiral | title=Spiral Scratch