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‘Youknowmethen?’askedtheDoctor,alittletentatively.‘You’retheDoctor,’

repliedFitz,aslightfrownwormingitswayontohisforehead.‘Yes,yes,yes,the

Doctor,ofcourseIam.’TheDoctorsmiled,genuinelypleasedtoseeafamiliar

face,evenifforthemomenthecouldn’tquiteputanametoit.‘But,er,Doctor

who?’headdedhopefully.

TheDoctorandFitzarebacktogetheratlast,buttheDoctorisnotthemanhe

oncewas-whichisashame,becauseFitzhaspromisedAnjiKapoorthathis

oldfriendisAnji’sbesthopeofﬁndingheralien-abductedboyfriend,Dave.

SoontheDoctor,FitzandAnjiﬁndthemselvesinvolvedinadesperatecontest

betweenPierre-YvesDudoinandArthurTylertheThird,eachdeterminedto

betheﬁrstprivatelyfundedmaninspace.Butnotallthepartiesareplaying

fairly;membersofanalienracecalledtheKulanarehelpingtheFrenchman-

andatthefarreachesoftheSolarSystemtheirbattleﬂeetawaits...

CantheDoctorﬁndDavebeforethealiencontactprovesfatal?Whoarethe

secretagentskeepingtabsontherivalSpaceRaceteams?WilltheDoctor’s

mysteriousblueboxﬁnallyrevealitspurpose?AnddoestheDoctor,nowtruly

amanwithoutapast,havewhatittakestostoptheKulanInvasionof

Earth...?

ThisisanotherintheseriesoforiginaladventuresfortheEighthDoctor.

EscapeVelocity

ColinBrake

PublishedbyBBCWorldwideLtd

Woodlands,80WoodLane

LondonW120TT

Firstpublished2001

Copyrightc ColinBrake2001

Themoralrightoftheauthorhasbeenasserted

OriginalseriesbroadcastontheBBC

Formatc BBC1963

DoctorWhoandTARDISaretrademarksoftheBBC

ISBN0563538252

ImagingbyBlackSheep,copyrightc BBC2001

PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyMackaysof

Chatham

CoverprintedbyBelmontPressLtd,Northampton

42 - Escape Velocity.pdf