Human Nature
Title: Human Nature
Author: Paul Cornell
Doctor: Sylvester McCoy
Companion: Bernice "Benny" Summerfield
Main Enemy: The Aubertides
Setting: Crex, the Argon System
Farringham, Norfolk, England, April 1914
NOTE: Due to the popularity of this novel, Paul Cornell rewrote it into the two-part Series 3 stories Human Nature/Family of Blood for the revived Doctor Who.
Cover Blurb:
'Who's going to save us this time?'
April, 1914. The inhabitants of the little Norfolk town of Farringham are enjoying an early summer, unaware that war is on the way. Amongst them is Dr John Smith, a short, middle-aged history teacher from Aberdeen. He's having a hard time with his new post as house master at Hulton Academy for Boys, a school dedicated to producing military officers.
Bernice Summerfield is enjoying her holiday in the town, getting over the terrible events that befell her in France. But then she meets a future Doctor, and things start to get dangerous very quickly. With the Doctor she knows gone, and only a suffragette and an elderly rake for company, can Benny fight off a vicious alien attack? And will Dr Smith be able to save the day?
Author: Paul Cornell
Doctor: Sylvester McCoy
Companion: Bernice "Benny" Summerfield
Main Enemy: The Aubertides
Setting: Crex, the Argon System
Farringham, Norfolk, England, April 1914
NOTE: Due to the popularity of this novel, Paul Cornell rewrote it into the two-part Series 3 stories Human Nature/Family of Blood for the revived Doctor Who.
Cover Blurb:
'Who's going to save us this time?'
April, 1914. The inhabitants of the little Norfolk town of Farringham are enjoying an early summer, unaware that war is on the way. Amongst them is Dr John Smith, a short, middle-aged history teacher from Aberdeen. He's having a hard time with his new post as house master at Hulton Academy for Boys, a school dedicated to producing military officers.
Bernice Summerfield is enjoying her holiday in the town, getting over the terrible events that befell her in France. But then she meets a future Doctor, and things start to get dangerous very quickly. With the Doctor she knows gone, and only a suffragette and an elderly rake for company, can Benny fight off a vicious alien attack? And will Dr Smith be able to save the day?