Shining Darkness (novel)

Shining Darkness was the twenty-first Tenth Doctor novel released.

Publisher's summary
For Donna Noble, the Andromeda galaxy is a long, long way from home. But, even two and a half million light years from Earth, some things never change. . . A visit to an art gallery turns into a race across space to uncover the secret behind a shadowy organisation. From the desert world of Karris to the interplanetary scrapyard of Junk, the Doctor and Donna discover that appearances can be deceptive, that enemies are lurking around every corner - and that the centuries-long peace between humans and machines may be about to come to an end. Because waiting in the wings to bring chaos to the galaxy is the Cult of Shining Darkness.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Donna Noble

Jaftee

 * Enchikka
 * Narucchio

Crew of the Sword of Justice

 * Boonie from Dallendaf
 * Kellique
 * Mother
 * Li'an (working for the Cult) from Poopop

Members of the Cult of Shining Darkness

 * Garaman Havatii
 * Mesanth- a Lotapareen
 * Li'an

Locations

 * Uhlala, Karris, Pasquite, Junk and Sentilli are in the Andromeda Galaxy.
 * Napir Prime is in the Isop Galaxy.

Continuity

 * The Doctor mentions Barbara the vending robot from PROSE: Sick Building.
 * Huon particles are mentioned (TV: The Runaway Bride).
 * Donna recalls Pompeii (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) and the Ood-Sphere (TV: Planet of the Ood).
 * Donna recalls her experiences with robots: the robot Santas (TV: The Runaway Bride) and the ones on Planet 1 (PROSE: The Doctor Trap).

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Debbie Chazen.
 * The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.