Only Human (novel)

Only Human was the fifth Ninth Doctor novel to be released.

Publisher's summary
Somebody's interfering with time. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack arrive on modern-day Earth to find the culprit -- and discover a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. Only a trip back to the primeval dawn of humanity can solve the mystery.

Who are the mysterious humans from the distant future now living in that distant past? What hideous monsters are trying to escape from behind the Grey Door? Is Rose going to end up married to a caveman?

Caught between three very different types of human being -- past, present and future -- the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack must learn the truth behind the Osterberg experiment before the monstrous Hy-Bractors escape to change humanity's history forever...

Characters

 * The Ninth Doctor
 * Rose Tyler
 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Das
 * Chantal Osterberg
 * Weronika
 * Jacob
 * Lene
 * Tom
 * T. P. Quilley
 * Tina
 * Reddy
 * X01
 * Hy-Bractors
 * Jackie Tyler
 * Stephanie
 * Ka
 * Sakka
 * Sakka's Mate
 * Sakka's Daughter
 * Neanderthal Midwife
 * Gual
 * Nan
 * Tillun
 * Anna Marie O'Grady
 * The Priest

Story notes

 * Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover, presumably due to use-of-likeness issues after she had left the programme.

Continuity

 * Rose reflects on her encounter with Gwyneth in DW: The Unquiet Dead.

Timeline

 * Only Human occurs after: NSA: The Deviant Strain
 * Only Human occurs before: DW: Boom Town