''The Eleventh Tiger'' is a

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original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British

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series ''

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''. It features the

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, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki.

Synopsis

It is China in 1865. Strife and rebellion rock the land. Trying to maintain order is the British Empire and the martial arts expert, the Ten Tigers of Canton. Adding to the confusion is the impossibility of many people already knowing Ian.

Continuity

Although it is never expressly identified, various clues suggest that the energy being the Doctor and his allies faced here was the Mandragora Helix, which fought the

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in the fifteenth century in ''

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''; the

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confirmed its presence here when he faced Mandragora again in the

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novel '' Beautiful Chaos''.

References

External links

The Cloister Library - ''The Eleventh Tiger''
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