Forever Autumn (Doctor Who)

Doctorwhobook
title=Forever Autumn
series=New Series Adventures
number=16


featuring=Tenth Doctor Martha Jones
writer=Mark Morris
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 1-84607-270-3
date=September 2007
preceding=Wooden Heart
following=Sick Building|

"Forever Autumn" is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Morris and based on the long running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. It was published on 9 September 2007, alongside "Wetworld" and "Sick Building".

DWspinoff See New Series Adventures Canonicity for more details.

Plot

It is almost Halloween in the sleepy New England town of Blackwood Falls. Autumn leaves litter lawns and sidewalks, paper skeletons hang in windows, and carved pumpkins leer from stoops and front porches.The Doctor and Martha soon discover that something long-dormant has awoken in the town, and this will be no ordinary Halloween. What is the secret of the ancient chestnut tree and the mysterious book discovered tangled in its roots? What rises from the local churchyard in the dead of night, sealing up the lips of the only witness? And why are the harmless trappings of Halloween suddenly taking on a creepy new life of their own?As nightmarish creatures prowl the streets, the Doctor and Martha must battle to prevent both the townspeople and themselves from a grisly fate...

Awards

In the Doctor Who Magazine Issue 396 they had the Merchandise Awards results and Forever Autumn won first place for best Doctor who book just beating The Doctor Who Storybook 2008 and Sting of the Zygons.

Continuity

*There are several references to the Carrionites from "The Shakespeare Code".
*The Doctor dismisses the idea that the aliens in this novel are related to the "The Wire".
*The Doctor talks about bananas. He mentioned a liking for bananas before in "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "The Empty Child".
*At one point the Doctor remarks how he wishes K-9 was with him.
*A reference is made to the Sisters of Plentitude from "New Earth".

Outside references

Reference to the movie Saw
*There are a few references to "Psycho".
*The title could be a reference to The War of the Worlds Musical
*At one point the Doctor wears a rucksack bearing a picture of "Star Wars" character Jar Jar Binks, and goes on to say how he knew the Binks family well.

Audiobook

An abridged audiobook version was released in March 2008. It was read by Will Thorp.(who played Toby Zed in the TV Series)

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