Sting of the Zygons (novel)

Sting of the Zygons was the thirteenth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Stephen Cole and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

Publisher's summary
The TARDIS lands the Doctor and Martha in the Lake District in 1909, where a small village has been terrorised by a giant, scaly monster. The search is on for the elusive "Beast of Westmorland", and explorers, naturalists and hunters from across the country are descending on the fells. King Edward VII himself is on his way to join the search, with a knighthood for whoever finds the Beast. But there is a more sinister presence at work in the Lakes than a mere monster on the rampage, and the Doctor is soon embroiled in the plans of an old and terrifying enemy. And as the hunters become the hunted, a desperate battle of wits begins — with the future of the entire world at stake...

Plot
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Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Martha Jones
 * Victor Meredith
 * Ian Lunn
 * Nanny Flock
 * Claude Romand
 * Lord Haleston
 * Chivvers
 * Edward Lunn
 * Mrs Unswick
 * Brelarn
 * Taro
 * Felic
 * Algor
 * Teazel

Worldbuilding

 * Ian Lunn was born in 1896.
 * Sheffield is mentioned.
 * Rüsselsheim is a place in Germany.
 * Lake Kelmore is a lake in the Lake District.
 * Templewell is a place in the Lake District.

Continuity

 * Martha mentions that she's had enough of New York City, and recalls her past visit in TV: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks.
 * The Doctor wears a yellow-and-red-striped scarf. He previously had a great enthusiasm for colourful scarves in his fourth incarnation. (TV: Robot, et al.)
 * The Doctor tells Victor Meredith that he used to be a motorcar enthusiast, specifically during his third incarnation. (TV: Spearhead from Space, et al.)
 * The Doctor once again claims that Martha is from Freedonia. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
 * The Doctor refers to his expertise in augmented delta waves. (TV: Kinda)
 * The Zygons last appeared on screen in TV: Terror of the Zygons and in print in PROSE: The Bodysnatchers.
 * In contradiction to PROSE: The Bodysnatchers, Zygon bodyprinting is able to scan and copy the Doctor. In the former story, the sheer load of the Doctor's memories overloaded the system.
 * The Doctor names all of Mrs Unswick's horses Arthur. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)
 * The Tenth Doctor would encounter the Zygons once again in England in 1562 in the company of two of his other incarnations, the War Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

Editions published outside Britain

 * Published in Germany by Cross Cult in 2021 as a paperback edition.

Audiobook

 * This novel was released as an audiobook on 2 July 2007 by BBC Audio and read by Reggie Yates.