The Price of Paradise

Doctorwhobook
title=The Price of Paradise
series=New Series Adventures
number=12
featuring=Tenth Doctor Rose Tyler


writer=Colin Brake
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 0-563-48652-X
set_between=
pages=249
date=September 2006
preceding=The Art of Destruction
following=Made of Steel|

"The Price of Paradise" is a BBC Books original novel written by Colin Brake and based on the long running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Rose.

Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, its canonicity in relation to the television series is unknown. See New Series Adventures Canonicity for more details.

Plot

Laylora, the Paradise Planet, is a world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving Aboriginals supposedly live in harmony with their environment. Years ago, a human called Rez arrived on the planet as a baby in an escape pod, and was adopted by the native people. The Doctor and Rose arrive to answer a distress signal from a group of scientists, who were shot down by a EMP, only to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, and creatures from ancient legends are appearing and attacking people. The Doctor realises that the planet is a perfect equation, when left alone it is a paradise, but when alien objects visit the planet, the equation becomes unbalanced, and the planet causes disasters to try to repair itself. The Doctor realises that to restore paradise, not only will the scientists have to leave, but so will Rez.

Continuity

* When an alarm sounds in the TARDIS console room, Rose asks if it is a 'mauve alert'. This universal danger alert was mentioned in "The Empty Child".
* The crystal trisilicate is used as spaceship fuel in the book, and is found in abundance on Laylora. Trisilicate was first seen in "The Curse of Peladon".
* When Rose searches through the pockets of the Doctor's coat, she likens them to the TARDIS as they go on forever. She discovers a number of iconic items, including a banana ("The Doctor Dances" and "The Girl in the Fireplace"), a yo-yo, and the Fifth Doctor's cricket ball (most memorably seen in "Four to Doomsday)". The long-held fan theory that the Doctor's pockets are bigger on the inside was confirmed in "The Runaway Bride".
* A spaceship is reported drifting out of control 'at the edge of Draconian Space.'
* The Doctor quotes Shakespeare, and later claims credit for the final edit of Hamlet, which he also claimed in "City of Death".
* For the first time in the novels, a reference is made to one of the other novels in the New Series range. Rose mentions that she is reminded of her visit to Ancient Rome, which took place in "The Stone Rose".
* The Doctor mentions the Axons and the Zygons, who appear in the next New Series Adventure Novel

Audio book

An abridged audio book version of "The Price of Paradise" read by Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler) was released in November 2006 (ISBN 1-40567-686-8) by BBC Audio.

External links

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Reviews

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