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original novel written by

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and based on the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who''. It features the

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, Nyssa,

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and the

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. The book is divided into four rounds, each named after the title of an

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song, as well as all the chapters within each round.

Premise

The Doctor dreams about a familiar voice calling to him for help, and awakens to find that the TARDIS has materialized aboard an Earth space station orbiting the planet Dymok. The Dymova have cut themselves off from the rest of the galaxy, and refuse to communicate with anyone beyond their planet apart from a repeated signal warning others away; however, an Observer on Dymok's surface detects the arrival of the TARDIS, and knows that salvation is at hand.

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