BASIC PLOT
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith is hot on the trail of alien interference in Hong Kong Triads. But working behind the scenes is her old friend the Doctor - but he might not be the friend she once knew and he might not be on her side.

DOCTOR
Seventh.

COMPANIONS
Sarah Jane Smith.

MATERIALISATION CIRCUIT
Pimms building, Hong Kong.

Lantau Island.

PREPARATORY READING
First Frontier, although the aliens are not actually named as the Tzun here.

CONTINUITY REFERENCES
This adventure is intended to take place during The Room with no Doors, specifically during a TARDIS trip the seventh Doctor takes on page 256 of that book.

Pg 67 "Wildthyme is on vacation" Iris Wildthyme is acting as UNIT's scientific advisor in this time. She first appeared in The Scarlet Empress.

MI6 also have a Time Lord, but it's not clear which one.

Pg 104 "Its bad for business, even Al Capone once admitted that." The Doctor met Al Capone in Blood Harvest.

Pg 221 "The Doctor seemed to have turned to the dark side and become like the Master" The Five Doctors.

Pg 226 "We did, many years ago, attempt to form an agreement with one of your planet's leading powers." First Frontier.

Pg 238 "It was necessary to have a number of loyal Ph'Sor who would guard against any interference" The Ph'Sor are a caste of Tzun, from First Frontier, proving that the aliens here really are the Tzun.

OLD FRIENDS AND OLD ENEMIES
The Tzun.

NEW FRIENDS AND NEW ENEMIES
Tom Ryder.

Yue Hwa.

The Cortez Project.

CONTINUITY COCK-UPS
None.

PLUGGING THE HOLES [Fan-wank theorizing of how to fix continuity cock-ups]
N/A

FEATURED ALIEN RACES
The Tzun, although they are not named as such.

FEATURED LOCATIONS
Hong Kong, April 1997.

Bangkok.

Lantau Island.

Riyadh.

The Persian Gulf.

IN SUMMARY - Robert Smith?
A surprisingly mature work. Bullet Time succeeds in part because it continually underplays its hand - not naming the Tzun adds to the atmosphere while not being intrusive and the possible fate of a major character is handled with surprising subtlety. McIntee's action scenes shine and this book really suits the NA seventh Doctor. A winner.