Timewyrm: Genesys
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| Author | John Peel |
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Doctor Who book: Virgin New Adventures |
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Release number
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1 |
| Subject | Featuring: Seventh Doctor Ace |
| Set in | Period between Survival and Timewyrm: Exodus |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
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Publication date
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June 1991 |
| Pages | 230 |
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| Preceded by | Survival |
| Followed by | Timewyrm: Exodus |
Timewyrm: Genesys is an original Doctor Who novel, published by Virgin Publishing in their New Adventures range of Doctor Who novels. It was the first book in that series (and the first book in the Timewyrm quartet), and was thought of by some fans as a continuation of the television series; in effect, a Season 27 to follow the televised Season 26.
The novel featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace; it also features a brief cameo of the Fourth Doctor- in the form of a holographic message to his future self- and the Seventh Doctor briefly uses the TARDIS to summon the personality of his third incarnation when he needs his past self's technical expertise.
The book makes extensive use of characters and plot elements from the Mesopotamian myth of Gilgamesh.
In ancient Mesopotamia the Seventh Doctor and Ace together with Gilgamesh face a mythological Gallifreyan terror – the Timewyrm.
In space above the planet Earth, two spaceships fight. One, commanded by a cybernetic woman, is shot down by the other. She survives and her escape pod crash lands somewhere in ancient Mesopotamia. Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, finds the escape pod while engaged on a spying mission against Kish. The woman, who claims to be the goddess Ishtar, tries to lure Gilgamesh into helping her. Gilgamesh refuses, and Ishtar becomes enraged, vowing that she will have her revenge.
On board the TARDIS, Ace awakens to discover that she has no memory of who or where she is. The Doctor informs her that he is accidentally responsible for the removal of her memories. Before he can correct this error, the Doctor triggers a message from his own past in the form of a holographic projection of the Fourth Doctor. Recorded during the events of The Invasion of Time, the Fourth Doctor's warning concerns a mythical creature known only as the Timewyrm. After the Doctor restores Ace's memories, the TARDIS lands in ancient Mesopotamia
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