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Invasion of the Cat-People is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly.
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"Explode the buoys? But that will destroy the Earth!""Oh dear, so it will. Pass on my apologies to the humans, won't you?"In brackets are the names Gary Russell lists as his preferred casting choices for if Invasion of the Cat-Peoplehad hypothetically been a TV story, and how he envisions each character's appearance. Not every character is assigned an actor.
When the Cat-People are searching around the Sol System, they see signs of a lost civilisation.Ben and Polly read Brian J Robb's biography River Phoenix: A Short Life about the actor River Phoenix at W H Smith.The Doctor terms the concept that interfering with one's own history having drastic consequences as chrono-chaos theory.The novel is six "episodes" long, plus a prologue, to emulate a classic series TV serial.The story takes place between The Power of the Daleks and The Highlanders.At the beginning of this story, three weeks have passed since the Doctor's regeneration.This is the first story to use Polly's surname, Wright, which originated from Polly's original character outline and audition scrips for The War Machines (REF: The First Doctor Handbook) but was ul...The Cat-People are related to the Cheetah People. (TV: Survival)An account of the Euterpians is present at the Braxiatel Collection (TV: City of Death, PROSE: Theatre of War (novel), et al.) written by High Lord Rhukk. (PROSE: Legacy) The book discusses the Gal...The War Machines and WOTAN, (TV: The War Machines) the smugglers in Cornwall, (TV: The Smugglers) the Cybermen (TV: The Tenth Planet) and the Daleks (TV: The Power of the Daleks) are all mentioned.The Doctor has always told himself that he would like to buy himself a little house in Kent to use as a home whenever he came to Earth. This wish was fulfilled by his third incarnation (PROSE: Verd...Invasion of the Cat-People at the Doctor Who Reference GuideThe Discontinuity Guide to: Invasion of the Cat-People at The WhoniverseThe Cloister Library: Invasion of the Cat-PeopleGary Russell's Strange Matter: Invasion of the Cat-People, notes on the writing of the novel via Internet Archive: Wayback MachineOct 17, 1995 · Earth has been invaded. Twice. Thousands of years ago by a race searching for a new power source. More recently by the galactic marauders known as the Cat-People, who intend to continue the work done by the earlier visitors, with devastating results.
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Invasion of the Cat-People was the thirteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Gary Russell and featured the Second Doctor , Ben Jackson and Polly Wright . Contents
Pass on my apologies to the humans, won’t you?” Earth has been invaded. Twice. Thousands of years ago by a race searching for a new power source. More recently by the galactic marauders known as the Cat-People, who intend to continue the work done by the earlier visitors, with devastating results.
Jan 1, 1995 · Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who the Missing Adventures) Paperback – January 1, 1995 by Gary Russell (Author) 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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The recently regenerated Doctor, along with companions Ben and Polly, teams up with a group of amateur ghost-hunters and a mysterious white witch on a journey that takes them from twentieth-century Combria to the Arabian deserts of folklore and Australia 40,000 years in the past.
