The Turing Test (Doctor Who)
- The Turing Test (Doctor Who)
Doctorwhobook
title=The Turing Test
series=Eighth Doctor Adventures
number=39
featuring=Eighth Doctor
writer=Paul Leonard
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 0-563-53806-6
set_between=
pages=242
date=October 2000
preceding=Casualties of War
following=Endgame|
"The Turing Test" is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Eighth Doctor.
The story is in three parts, written as if by three historical figures: mathematician Alan Turing and novelists Graham Greene and Joseph Heller respectively.
"The Turing Test" won Best Book in the 2000 Jade Pagoda awards, voted on by members of a "Doctor Who" book mailing list. [http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm]
External links
*Doctor Who RG | id=whobbc39 | title=The Turing Test
* [http://members.lycos.co.uk/cloisterlibrary/turi.htm The Cloister Library - "The Turing Test"]
Reviews
*OG review | id=bbc8-39 | title=The Turing Test
*DWRG | id=turi | title=The Turing Test
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