System Shock (novel)

System Shock

Cover art
Author	Justin Richards
Series	Doctor Who book: Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number	11
Subject	Featuring: Fourth Doctor Sarah, Harry
Set in	Period between The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora [1] [2]
Publisher	Virgin Books
Publication date	June 1995
Pages	309
ISBN	0-426-20445-X
Preceded by	The Menagerie
Followed by	The Sorcerer's Apprentice

System Shock is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry and is followed by the BBC Books Past Doctor Adventures novel Millennium Shock , also by Richards.

Plot

It is 1998, and the information age is about to take off. However, mysterious events are plaguing London. A prominent spy is killed. A hostage situation is bizarrely resolved. The Doctor receives a computer disc from a dead man. And to top it all off, it seems that an alien race is planning a takeover using Earth's ever expanding computer technology.

References

1. The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse
2. Direct placement confirmed by cover blurb.