Atom Bomb Blues

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Atom Bomb Blues
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Author Andrew Cartmel
Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
76
SubjectFeaturing:
Seventh Doctor
Ace
Set inPeriod between
The Algebra of Ice and
Doctor Who (1996)
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
December 2005
Pages277
ISBN 0-563-48635-X
Preceded by The Time Travellers  

Atom Bomb Blues is a BBC Books original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Published in late 2005, it features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It is the last published Past Doctor Adventure to be issued by BBC Books, the company having decided in 2005 to focus on a new series of books tying into the television series and featuring the "current" Doctors.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Ace travel to a parallel universe, where they become involved in a conspiracy involving that Earth's Manhattan Project, Duke Ellington, and Japanese saboteurs.

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