The Clockwise Man (novel)

The Clockwise Man was the first BBC New Series Adventures novel released. It was written by Justin Richards and featured the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

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

Bad Wolf

 * The Doctor and Rose are accused of turning up "Like A Bad Wolf"

Others

 * Katurian

Story notes

 * As Book 1 of the BBC New Series Adventures line, this book ushered in a new publication format for BBC Books. It released exclusively this and all future New Series Adventures featuring the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, as well as BBC Torchwood novels in hardcover format. The Quick Reads novellas were paperback releases and some limited-edition promotional paperback issues of Ninth and Tenth Doctor books would occur outside the UK. The Clockwise Man is the first Doctor Who novel to be released in hardcover since Target Books discontinued phardcover editions of its novelisations in the 1980s. It is the first original Doctor Who novel ever issued in the format.
 * 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.
 * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity

 * Clockwork men also appear with the Tenth Doctor DW: The Girl in the Fireplace, the Eighth Doctor in EDA: Anachrophobia and the Second Doctor in DW: The Mind Robber.


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


 * Rose has a conversation with one of the servants in the Imperial Club, who makes her think of Gwyneth in DW: 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 DW: Tooth and Claw that Queen Victoria's descendants suffered from a condition called Haemophilia. This was also mentioned when The Doctor and Rose visit the British Empire Exhibition.


 * The Doctor mentions his second regeneration and his exile to Earth. (DW: The War Games, DW: Spearhead from Space)

Timeline

 * The Clockwise Man occurs after: DWAN: Mr Nobody
 * The Clockwise Man occurs before: NSA: The Monsters Inside

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook read by Nicholas Briggs.
 * The audiobook only available as a download from the AudioGo website.