The Infinity Doctors

Doctorwhobook
title=The Infinity Doctors
series=Past Doctor Adventures
number=17
featuring=The Doctor


writer=Lance Parkin
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 0-563-40591-0
set_between=Indeterminate
pages=288
date=November 22 1998
preceding="Matrix"
following="Salvation"|

"The Infinity Doctors" is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The book was released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the series, and features several references to the series' past.

The book does not fit directly into the ongoing Doctor Who storyline that runs through the TV series and books. It is left to the reader to develop their own ideas how it relates to the series. The story appears to be written to a "what if" premise.

As part of this vein of ambiguity, it is not specified which incarnation of the Doctor, the main character of the series, is featured. Among the possible explanations for which incarnation of the Doctor is featured include a young First Doctor who has yet to leave Gallifrey, a future Doctor past the last known incarnation (at the time the book was written, the Eighth Doctor was the current incarnation) or the Other, who may or may not be the Doctor. [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk17.htm The Infinity Doctors ] ] Parkin's own guide to Doctor Who chronology, "AHistory", places it prior to "An Unearthly Child".

The book's storyline features Omega, and includes many events and themes reflecting the two television stories featuring the renegade Time Lord, "The Three Doctors" and "Arc of Infinity".

Other continuity references include the character of the Magistrate, who may be the Master, and the subplot featuring the leaders of the Sontaran and Rutan armies ending their centuries long-conflict after being locked in a TARDIS.

ynopsis

Trivia

*The Full Poem as included in this book is: Sing about the past again, and sing that same old song,Tell me what you know, so I can tell you that you're wrong,Just sing about the past, and the past's where you belong,Let's travel to tomorrow, and learn a brand new song.

*The initials of 'The Infinity Doctors' are the reverse of the initials of the 30th anniversary special Dimensions in Time.

References

External links

*Doctor Who RG | id=whobbk17 | title=The Infinity Doctors
* [http://members.lycos.co.uk/cloisterlibrary/infindoc.htm The Cloister Library - "The Infinity Doctors"]

Reviews

*DWRG | id=infid | title=The Infinity Doctors
*OG review | id=bbcp-17 | title=The Infinity Doctors