The Wheel of Ice

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The Wheel of Ice
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Author Stephen Baxter
Series Doctor Who book
SubjectFeaturing:
Second Doctor
Jamie and Zoe
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
August 2012
Pages359
ISBN 978-1-84990-182-6 (standard)

The Wheel of Ice is a 2012 original novel written by Stephen Baxter and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and an audio book read by David Troughton (son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton).

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