Independence Day (novel)

 was the thirty-sixth BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Publisher's summary
''"Danger is my middle name," Ace said. "Or it would be if I had more than one. I can look after myself these days, you know."''

Freedom. Liberty. Free Will. Independence. Choice. Everyone wants to be free. But at what point does freedom become irresponsibility? What happens when one person's choice causes another's oppression?

The Doctor's on a simple mission to return a communications device he borrowed years previously. Being a Time Lord, he can return it before anyone misses it.

But events in the Mendeb system have moved more quickly than the Doctor estimated, and he lands in the ruins of a civilisation devastated by mysterious invaders.

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Ace
 * Balon Ferud
 * Bared
 * Bep-Wor
 * Bretod
 * Credig
 * Dab
 * Dallid
 * Hap-Lor
 * Har-Gur
 * Kaped
 * Kedin Ashar
 * Kia-Ga
 * Lafed
 * Lep-Tar
 * Madok
 * Pelod
 * Poa-Nan
 * Rigora
 * Sarid
 * Tevana Roslod
 * Traban Yonfar
 * Tragar
 * Vethran

Astronomical objects

 * Mendeb system
 * Mendeb Two
 * Mendeb Three

Corporations

 * TAM Corporation

Creatures

 * bile worm
 * camelope
 * mule

Culture

 * Ace was a fan of Adam Ant, George Michael, Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Drugs and medicines

 * spore-seed
 * SS10

Individuals

 * The Doctor again mentions that he has met Harry Houdini.
 * Ace has sex with Kedin Ashar.

Locations

 * Bilton
 * Brann
 * Cathogh
 * Dithra
 * Gonfallon
 * Harragon
 * Harran
 * Horax
 * Jerrissar
 * Larriman
 * Martolin
 * Orthalon
 * Underton

Planets

 * The Doctor mentions having been thrown into a pit on Chloris.

Television series

 * Ace Saw Withnail and I and liked it.

Continuity

 * The Matrix projects that Mendeb Two will develop technology at the same rate as Mendeb Three, but the Second Doctor's interference prevents this.

For the Seventh Doctor

 * Independence Day occurs after: BFA: The Fearmonger
 * Independence Day occurs before: ST: Sunday Afternoon, 848,988 AD

For the Second Doctor (flashback)

 * Independence Day occurs after: PDA: Heart of TARDIS
 * Independence Day occurs before: DW: The Abominable Snowmen