BASIC PLOT
Deep below the surface of the planet Adamantine lies a crystalline wonder world of lava seas and volcanic islands, home to living rock-people. But when the Doctor and her friends arrive on Adamantine they find it under threat.

DOCTOR
Thirteenth.

COMPANIONS
Graham, Ryan and Yaz.

MATERIALISATION CIRCUIT
Pgs 6/9 Between two cliffs on the shore of a beach on the surface of Adamantine.

Pg 182 In a control room on the surface of Adamantine.

Pg 183 On a train platform.

Pg 193 On the surface of Adamantine again.

PREPARATORY READING
None.

CONTINUITY REFERENCES
Pg 32 "She flicked out her sonic, and took a reading." Fury From the Deep et al.

Pg 34 "Your nan loved it, Ryan." Grace, from The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

Pg 67 "I can do this, Ryan thought. Gran, I can do this..." The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

Pg 74 "I'm trying, Gran, he thought. Trying to give things a go." The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

Pg 99 "'Bloomin' big spider,' said Graham. 'Not again!' she shuddered." Arachnids in the UK.

Pg 136 "Never quite got Grace to understand that." The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

OLD FRIENDS AND OLD ENEMIES
None.

NEW FRIENDS AND NEW ENEMIES
Ash, Basalt, Emerald, Quartz, Onyx, Ouolulu.

CONTINUITY COCK-UPS

1. Pg 19 "At first they laughed, and then, when he kept insisting that what he said was true, then began to get impatient" Say what?
2. Pg 77 "Between the trees and the buses were long silver trailing plants" I'm sorry, between the trees and the what now?
3. Pg 89 "'I like them for breakfast, sizzling in the pan with jet cakes and hot sauce.' Ryan groaned. 'I don't know what any of that is, but just hearing you say that is making me hungrier.'" Wait, so Ryan doesn't know what hot sauce is?
4. Pg 140 "So that's what we can see in the roof of the sphere are" Huh?

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

1. They got so impatient they forgot to refer to themselves as "they".
2. Ah, the forests of Adamantine. Home to every kind of plant life: trees, flowers, shrubs and one-tonne public transport vehicles. Don't you just love nature?
3. Ryan is English. Of course he doesn't know what hot sauce is.
4. The things in the roof of the sphere just are.

FEATURED ALIEN RACES
Pg 25 Rock people. They have carapaces encrusted with precious stones. Pgs 46-47 A Ruby Rat, about six inches long, with a hide covered in rubies and lots of teeth.

Pg 57 Jet-flies, small insect-like creatures.

Pg 66 Jellyfish, with a sting.

Pg 67 A Lavashark.

Pg 143 Nanobots

Pg 177 Ouolulu is short and stocky, with pearlescent skin, no hair and lots of fingers.

FEATURED LOCATIONS
Pg 2 Adamantine, time unknown.

IN SUMMARY - Robert Smith?
I really enjoyed this! I love that it's one of the very few NDAs not to be an alien invasion cliche. Instead, it has a sense of wonder, worldbuilding and deals with an analogue of climate change, only featuring rock people living beneath a planet. There's no real villain, only a misguided leader who's eventually put right, and there's charm aplenty. More like this, please.