Prime Time (Doctor Who)

Doctorwhobook
title=Prime Time
series=Past Doctor Adventures
number=33
featuring=Seventh Doctor Ace


writer=Mike Tucker
publisher=BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55597-1
set_between="Storm Harvest" and "Heritage"
pages=288
date=July 2000
preceding="Heart of TARDIS"
following="Imperial Moon"|

"Prime Time" is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

ynopsis

Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the Time Vortex, the Doctor and Ace land on the planet 'Blinni Gaar'. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that has nothing to do with entertainment.

Continuity

*The Master is offered a new body by the Fleshsmiths, as he is infected by the Cheetah Virus, last seen in the story, "Survival".
*The TARDIS is revealed to have an onboard gym.
*The episode "Bad Wolf" bears similarites to this novel: mainly the fact the public are obsessed with reality and quiz shows on television.
*References are made to the Foamasi, who appeared in the story "The Leisure Hive".

Outside References

*The Doctor has a model railway and a working model of the Flying Scotsman running through the TARDIS. It runs through the control room and through the corridors.
*The Doctor and Ace claim to be an alternative comedian and a children's TV presenter respectively; a reference to the pre-"Doctor Who" careers of Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred

External links

*Doctor Who RG | id=whobbk33 | title=Prime Time

Reviews

*OG review | id=bbcp-33 | title=Prime Time
*DWRG | id=prime | title=Prime Time