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Divided Loyalties (novel)

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Divided Loyalties
File:Divided Loyalties.jpg
Author
Illustrator
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
26
SubjectFeaturing:
Fifth Doctor
Tegan, Adric, Nyssa and the Toymaker
Set inPeriod between
The Visitation and
Black Orchid
PublisherBBC Books
Publication date
October 1999
Pages252
ISBN0-563-55578-5 Search this book on .
Preceded byCity at World's End 
Followed byCorpse Marker 

Divided Loyalties is a BBC Books original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa, Adric and the Toymaker.

The book is divided into four rounds, each named after the title of an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song, as well as all the chapters within each round.

Summary[edit]

There are some evils in the universe that need to be fought. And others that need redeeming... Many years ago the Doctor, a student at the Academy on Gallifrey, lost a friend to the mysterious and malevolent force known as the Celestial Toymaker. Now, in his fifth incarnation, the Doctor receives a telepathic call from his long-lost classmate, begging for help. As he sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. Adric, determined to justify his place aboard the TARDIS, opts to face the Toymaker's game challenges while Nyssa, angered by the Doctor's actions, finds herself excluded by the people she thought were her friends. And what is the connection between the Toymaker and the planet Dymok, whose comatose inhabitants find a new saviour in the shape of Tegan Jovanka?[1]

Continuity[edit]

  • This novel references Quences, the Kithriarch of the House of Lungbarrow, who was introduced in Lungbarrow.

Critical Reaction[edit]

According to E.G. Wolverson of Doctor Who Reviews, many critiqued the portrayal of the Doctor's childhood on Gallifrey in the extended flashback. They state that they and Chadd Knueppe of Outpost Gallifrey are the only ones who enjoyed it.[2]

References[edit]

  1. "BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Divided Loyalties". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. "Doctor Who - Divided Loyalties". www.doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

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