The Many Hands

The Many Hands

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title=The Many Hands
series=New Series Adventures
number=24
featuring=Tenth Doctor Martha Jones
writer=Dale Smith
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 1846074223
date=10 April 2008
preceding=Snowglobe 7
following=Ghosts of India|

"The Many Hands" is a BBC Books original novel written by Dale Smith and based on the long running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. It was published on the 1st May 2008, alongside "Martha in the Mirror" and "Snowglobe 7".

DWspinoff See New Series Adventures Canonicity for more details.

Synopsis

The book opens with the mysterious arrival of a baby in Edinburgh, 1773. The scene shifts to the city fifteen years earlier.

The Doctor and Martha are confronted by the walking dead, first a solitary figure which attacks a stagecoach containing Benjamin Franklin, then by an army of the creatures rising from the putrid waters of the Nor' Loch. The British soldiers under Captain McAllister who have arrested the Doctor find themselves following his lead.

Meanwhile at the Surgeon's Hall, Martha has met a couple of physicians, Alexander Monro, senior and junior, who apparently brought the first corpse back to life. They lock her in a small room with dozens of hands, disembodied but disturbingly active.

The Doctor deduces the presence of a modular alien and discovers its sinister intentions.

Benjamin Franklin reappears in the final chapter, set in 1771, meeting Alexander Monro, who reclaims the hand he gave Franklin years before, the last one on Earth.

Continuity

* The Doctor mentions he knows "a man who fought at Culloden." He is referring to Jamie McCrimmon, companion to the Second Doctor.
*When he sees the walking dead he initially speculates they might be possessed by the Gelth (from "The Unquiet Dead").
*The Doctor also compares a (presumably overweight) nobleman to a disguised Slitheen.

Outside references

*The book includes a brief appearance by Benjamin Franklin, with the Doctor referencing his experiments with electricity.
*The Alexander Monro featured in the book is Alexander Monro "primus". The clone Alexander is based upon his son, Alexander Monro "secundus", and the implication at the end of another Alexander clone is a reference to Alexander Monro "tertius", the original's grandson. As stated in the book, all three were anatomists at the University of Edinburgh.


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