BASIC PLOT
The land of Elbyon is populated by elves, dwarves and leprechauns. Wizrads wield arcane power and the flying dragons breathe fire. And when Susan is abducted by an evil wizard, the Doctor must learn to use the sorcery whose very exitence he doubts.

DOCTOR
First.

COMPANIONS
Ian, Barbara and Susan.

MATERIALISATION CIRCUIT
The land of Elbyon, on the world of Avalon.

PREPARATORY READING
None.

CONTINUITY REFERENCES
Pg 4 "He was wearing a striking black silk tunic [...] being an impromptu souvenir of the last place they had visited: the court of Kublai Khan himself." Marco Polo.

Pg 5 "But we only left China two minutes ago." Marco Polo. Note that this means this is the earliest possible gap between TV stories for a Missing Adventure to be set.

Pg 6 "We don't want a repeat of what happened on Skaro." The Daleks.

Pg 7 "The ship had not changed since they had left China." Marco Polo.

Pg 47 "A little trick I picked upwhile I was in the United States once.. Fellow named Harry... something...showed me." The Doctor mentions having met Harry Houdini in Planet of the Spiders.

Pg 55 "We don't get inebriated. unless we want to, of course." This is consistent with the NAs, especially Transit, although the Doctor also mentions having gotten drunk in The Twin Dilemma.

Pg 82 "I'll explain the correct turning sequence within the lock in a moment." The TARDIS lock is quite complex, as evidenced by The Daleks and The Sensorites.

Pg 88 "Well, we do have a sort of title, but I'm not sure how much it means here -" We never find out what Susan's (and presumably the Doctor's) title is, although Susan was the Lady Larn in a Radio Times short story by Eric Saward.

OLD FRIENDS AND OLD ENEMIES
None.

NEW FRIENDS AND NEW ENEMIES
Mellisa, Edmund, Sir Bron, the King, Palbury, Queen Leonard, Anni Glassfeather, Peridor.

Admiral Nyborg.

CONTINUITY COCK-UPS
None.

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

FEATURED ALIEN RACES
The cephalies, dog-like creatures.

FEATURED LOCATIONS
Elbyon, Avalon, late 30th century.

The ISS ship Prince Randolph.

The Delta lander, a shuttle.

Also brief scenes aboard ISS ships Dorado, Indus and Tigershark.

IN SUMMARY - Robert Smith?
As the first melding of fantasy and Science Fiction, The Sorcerer's Apprentice feels fresh and new. The story isn't particularly exciting, but some of the set pieces are quite memorable. It would be by-the-numbers from any other author, but it's one of Bulis's better novels.