The Taking of Planet 5

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The Taking of Planet 5
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Author Simon Bucher-Jones & Mark Clapham
Series Doctor Who book:
Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number
28
SubjectFeaturing:
Eighth Doctor
Fitz and Compassion
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
October 1999
Pages273
ISBN 0-563-55585-8
Preceded by The Blue Angel  
Followed by Frontier Worlds  

The Taking of Planet 5 is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones & Mark Clapham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion. It is, in part, a sequel to the television serial Image of the Fendahl . It also features references to many elements from the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H. P. Lovecraft, in particular the Elder Things and their ancient Antarctic city from At the Mountains of Madness .

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