The Bodysnatchers (novel)

The Bodysnatchers is an original novel written by

• The
  The Zygon Who Fell to Earth, which references the events of this novel. In 2013, The Zygons appeared in the Eleventh Doctor TV story The Day of the Doctor
  , to mark 50 years of Doctor Who.
• This story also reunited the Doctor with
  Professor George Litefoot from The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  .
• It is revealed in this story that Sam's room (given to her by the Doctor in the previous novel) is actually Nyssa's old room.
• Leela is mentioned, and implied to have children.
• When the Zygons destroy the Doctor's
  Terileptils
  destroyed the original.
• The Zygons' home planet is named as Zygor.
• Tuval claims Zygor was destroyed when the Zygons enemies, the Xaranti caused a stellar explosion, probably by destroying its sun.
• The HADS (Hostile Action Displacement System) is mentioned.
• The State of Temporal Grace is mentioned as the Doctor has repaired it, preventing the Skarasen from acting aggressively.
• The way the Doctor changes the subject when asked about Sam in the epilogue implies that this occurs during the period they are separated between Longest Day and Seeing I; the latter novel also implies this.
• The Doctor is still searching for a copy of The Strand in the next novel, Genocide.

External links

• The Cloister Library - The Bodysnatchers Archived 4 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Additional archives: 27 October 2020.
• The Bodysnatchers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Reviews

• The Whoniverse's review on The Bodysnatchers