System Shock (novel)

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System Shock
System Shock.jpg
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Author Justin Richards
Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number
11
SubjectFeaturing:
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Set inPeriod between
The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora [1] [2]
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
June 1995
Pages309
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.

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References

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