BASIC PLOT
The mighty Valethske are on an honourable mission to hunt and kill any puny humans they find along the way. Centuries of searching are about to be ended and they shall triumph in their magnificent glory. Except for that pesky prey calling himself the Doctor...

DOCTOR
Fifth

COMPANIONS
Peri

MATERIALISATION CIRCUIT
Eknuri asteroid, although the TARDIS is subsequently transported aboard the Valethske ship.

PREPARATORY READING
None.

CONTINUITY REFERENCES
Pg 7 "A pair of genuine Ray-Bans was perched on the nose of a rather dilapidated-looking teddy bear." This might be a reference to a similar image used for promotion of Dimensions in Time, although in that case the sunglasses were 3D glasses.

Pg 23 "I'm putting together a paper on them for the Hamilton Smith Institute." Professor Hamilton Smith appeared in Dry Pilgrimage.

Pg 57 "She'd been expecting a glittering crystal cathedral, or an echoing Gothic chamber of flickering shadows" References to the console rooms of the telemovie and season 14.

Pg 95 Reference to the Sontarans, whose flesh is said to be "tough, tasteless and highly carcinogenic".

Pg 232 Reference to Lanzarote (Planet of Fire)

Pg 236 "A-bombs, Q-bombs and Z-bombs" Z Bombs featured in The Tenth Planet

OLD FRIENDS AND OLD ENEMIES
None.

NEW FRIENDS AND NEW ENEMIES
Veek, Valethske hunter.

CONTINUITY COCK-UPS
None.

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

FEATURED ALIEN RACES
The Valethske, fox-like hunters

The Eknuri, peaceful evolved humans

The Gardeners, motile plants tending the garden world

The insects of the garden world

Semi-sentient plasma

FEATURED LOCATIONS
Eknuri asteroid, c 3000

Valethske ship and shuttles c 3100

Garden world c 3100

IN SUMMARY - Robert Smith?
This book has a wonderful setup, but the payoff isn't as interesting. There are lots of interesting characters, but whole character arcs are introduced that aren't followed through. The Valethske are much more interesting than they have any right to be, and, despite some dodgy logic, the plot is quite interesting. Not as good as it could have been, but still a fun read.