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For the song of the same name by The Cranberries, see Bury the Hatchet (album).
Doctor Who book Dying in the Sun Series Past Doctor Adventures Release number 47 Featuring Second Doctor
Ben, PollyWriter Jon de Burgh Miller Publisher BBC Books ISBN ISBN 0-563-53840-6 Number of pages 281 Release date October 1, 2001 Preceded by Psi-ence Fiction Followed by Instruments of Darkness Dying in the Sun is a BBC Books original novel written by Jon de Burgh Miller and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Ben, and Polly.
As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
Contents
Synopsis
Los Angeles, 1947. LAPD detective Robert Chate is convinced that the man who calls himself 'The Doctor' has something to do with the murder of multi-millionaire movie producer Harold Reitman.
The Doctor aids the police in their investigation, while looking into 'Star Light Pictures'. The Doctor is convinced there is a powerful threat hidden somewhere in the soon to be released film 'Dying In the Sun'. He decides to stop the release any way he can and faces opposition from the Hollywood power structure.
TARDIS
- In the novel not only does the TARDIS not appear, but it is not even mentioned that the characters have travelled through time to the story's setting.
External links
- Dying in the Sun at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Cloister Library - Dying in the Sun
- Dying in the Sun at The TARDIS Library
Reviews
- Dying in the Sun reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Dying in the Sun reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
Categories:- Past Doctor Adventures
- Second Doctor novels
- 2001 novels
- British science fiction novels
- Novels by Jon de Burgh Miller
- BBC Books books
- Doctor Who stubs
- BBC stubs
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