The Clockwise Man (novel)

Publisher's Summary
In 1920s London, the Doctor and Rose find themselves caught up in the hunt for a mysterious murderer. But not everything is what it seems. Secrets lie behind locked doors and inhuman killers roam the streets.

Who is the Painted Lady and why is she so interested in the Doctor? How can a cat return from the dead? Can anyone be trusted to tell -- or even to know -- the truth?

With the faceless killers closing in, the Doctor and Rose must solve the mystery of the Clockwise Man before London itself is destroyed...

Characters

 * Ninth Doctor
 * Rose Tyler
 * Sir George Harding
 * Peter Dickson
 * Lady Anna
 * Freddie
 * Repple
 * Major Aske
 * Melissa Heart
 * Lord Wyse
 * Crowther
 * Beth
 * Matty Black
 * Ronald Cheshunt
 * Wensleydale
 * Ranskill
 * Coleridge

Continuity

 * Clockwork men also appear with the Tenth Doctor in The Girl in the Fireplace and the Eighth Doctor in Anachrophobia.


 * There is a mention of Rose 'dressing up' while the Doctor only has a 'new shirt' (similar to The Unquiet Dead).


 * Rose has a conversation with one of the servants in the Imperial Club, and the girl makes her think of Gwyneth, who appeared in The Unquiet Dead.


 * In the club, the Doctor looks at a painting of the French Revolution and says "That's not right". In the first episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan Foreman, reads a book about the French Revolution and says the same words.


 * The Doctor mentions to Rose at the end of the Season 2 episode Tooth and Claw that Queen Victoria suffered from a condition called Haemaphilia. This was also mentioned when The Doctor and Rose visit the British Empire Exhibition.

Timeline

 * The Clockwise Man occurs after: DW: World War Three
 * The Clockwise Man occurs before: NSA: The Monsters Inside