Superior Beings

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Superior Beings
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Author Nick Walters
Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
43
SubjectFeaturing:
Fifth Doctor
Peri
Set inPeriod between
Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
June 2001
Pages280
ISBN 0-563-53830-9
Preceded by Asylum  
Followed by Byzantium!  

Superior Beings is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Fifth Doctor 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.

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