Peacemaker (Doctor Who)

Doctorwhobook
title=Peacemaker
series=New Series Adventures
number=21


featuring=Tenth Doctor Martha Jones
writer=James Swallow
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 1 846 07349 9
date=27 December 2007
preceding=The Pirate Loop
following=Revenge of the Judoon|

"Peacemaker" is a BBC Books original novel written by James Swallow and based on the long running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. It was published on 27 December 2007, alongside "The Pirate Loop" and "Wishing Well".

DWspinoff See New Series Adventures Canonicity for more details.

Plot

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman who's patent medicines actually cure his patient. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become...

Continuity

*Martha says she had faced Judoon, Carrionites, Daleks and Scarecrows, which means that this story takes place after The Family of Blood.
*Amongst the movies referred to there is 'The Starship Brilliant Story'. Starship Brilliant is the setting of the New Series Adventures novel 'The Pirate Loop'.
*When Martha says the stars, which bear the name of the planet 'Hollywood' look like the word 'Ood', the Doctor says that it is another planet altogether.
*The Doctor mentions the Silurians when referring to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, possibly saying that he helped Jules Verne in writing it.
*The enemies, the Clades, were attacked by an army, debated to be Racnoss, Null or Movellans.
*The Doctor refers to 'Dalek pods in Utah', the events of the 2005 episode 'Dalek'
*Walking Crow calls the Doctor "The Brother of Coyote, the man who defeated the Bad Wolf".

Audiobook

An abridged audiobook was released in July 2008. It is read by Will Thorp, who played Toby Zed in the episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".

External links

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