Harvest of Time was a2013Doctor Who novel, unusual for being a newThird Doctor novel published while theBBC Wales television series featured another incumbent Doctor. Poll results published inissue 479 ofDoctor Who Magazine showed that readers had selected it as the best fiction book of that year.

Publisher's summary[[edit] |[edit source]]

After billions of years of imprisonment, the viciousSild have broken out of confinement. From a ruined world at the end of time, they make preparations to conquer the past, with the ultimate goal of rewriting history. But to achieve their aims they will need to enslave an intellect greater than their own...

OnEarth,UNIT is called in to investigate a mysterious incident on aNorth Sea drilling platform.The Doctor believes something is afoot, and no sooner has the investigation begun when something even stranger takes hold:The Brigadier is starting toforget about UNIT's highest-profile prisoner. And he is not alone in hisamnesia.

As the Sild invasion begins, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma. To save the universe, he must save his arch-nemesis...The Master.

Plot[[edit] |[edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Third Doctor
• Jo Grant
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
• Captain Mike Yates
• Sergeant Benton
• The Master
• Eddie McCrimmon
• Tom Irwin
• Pete Lomax
• Callum McCrimmon
• Morag
• Callow
• Lovelace
• Pat McGinty
• InspectorArchie Hawes
• DIIan Staple
• WPCSusan Cooper
• PCNick Wean
• DirectorChilders
• Atkins
• Inar Sigurdsson
• Dave Giles
• Mrs Gambrel
• Lorry driver
• Soldier
• Bill
• Jerry Evans
• Helicopter Pilot
• Helicopter Co-Pilot
• Ver
• Hox
• Loi

Worldbuilding[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Including othertime streams,the Master has about 470incarnations in total.
• The Master's personality has always been influenced bythe Assemblage, an organic computer made by the combination of all his selves.
• The Doctor mentionsType 44TARDISes.
• Ice Warriors andJudoon are mentioned.
• The Master discovered an oldTARDIS near the end of the universe. Likethe Doctor's TARDIS, it's an oldType 40 with a malfunctioningchameleon circuit which the Master easily repaired.

Foods and beverages[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Jo eatstoast.
• The Doctor eats abiscuit dunked intea.

Continuity[[edit] |[edit source]]

• The Doctor mentions the Master's previous alliances with theNestene Consciousness (TV:Terror of the Autons) and theAxos. (TV:The Claws of Axos)
• One of the Master'sfuture incarnations is said to look like a "politician". (TV:The Sound of Drums)
• The Doctor notices various disfigured versions of the Master, reflecting the condition he was depicted in duringTV:The Deadly Assassin andThe Keeper of Traken.
• The Doctor recalls seeing the Earth destroyed millions of years in thefar future. (TV:The Ark)
• This was the first appearance of a female incarnation of the Master. A female incarnation using the diminutive "Missy", short forthe Mistress, would later reveal herself to theTwelfth Doctor inTV:Dark Water.

Additional cover images[[edit] |[edit source]]

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  2014 BBC Books paperback edition

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Published in the USA by Broadway Books in 2013 as a paperback edition, it was one of three books published by them in the 2010's. It used the same cover as the UK hardback.
• Published in France by Milady in 2014 as a hardback edition, it was one of three books published in the 2010's.

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  French edition

Audiobook[[edit] |[edit source]]

• This novel was released as an audiobook on6 June2013 complete and unabridged byBBC Audio and read byGeoffrey Beevers.
• Produced byDavid Darlington with sound design bySimon Hunt.
• The audiobook was also available as a download from theAudioGo website, and is now available fromAudible.

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  Audiobook cover

External links[[edit] |[edit source]]

• The Discontinuity Guide to:Harvest of Time atThe Whoniverse