Last Man Running

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Last Man Running
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Author Chris Boucher
Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
15
SubjectFeaturing:
Fourth Doctor
Leela
Set inPeriod between
The Robots of Death and Corpse Marker [1] [2]
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
7 September 1998
Pages251
ISBN 0-563-40594-5
Preceded by Dreams of Empire  
Followed by Matrix  

Last Man Running is a BBC Books original novel written by Chris Boucher and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Fourth Doctor and Leela.

Contents

Premise

The Doctor and Leela land on a jungle planet used by an outlaw weapons technologist to continue his experiments while evading justice.

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References

  1. The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.
  2. Placement between The Robots of Death and The Talons of Weng-Chiang confirmed by cover blurb.