''Superior Beings'' is a

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original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British

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series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

''. It features the

Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord ...

and Peri.

Plot synopsis

Peri hasn't been traveling with the Doctor for long and is charmed by the exciting life he leads. This soon turns to terror as a pleasure planet the pair visits turns out to be the domain of hunters who enjoy the taste of human flesh. That's not even the worst of the secrets the place holds.

External links

The Cloister Library - ''Superior Beings''
* {{Fifth Doctor stories, selected=Books 2001 British novels 2001 science fiction novels Past Doctor Adventures Fifth Doctor novels British science fiction novels Novels by Nick Walters Novels set on fictional planets