Joyride (novel)

Joyride was the first release in the BBC Class novels series. It was written by Guy Adams, who had written for Doctor Who and Torchwood previously.

Publisher's summary
"So, can you just leap into other people's bodies? Take them over? And while you’re in control, you can do whatever you want? Brilliant."

Poppy is a quiet girl, right up until she steals a car and drives it through a shop window.

Max is a nice guy, but then he kills his whole family. Just for fun.

Amar always seems so happy, so why is he trying to jump to his death from the school roof?

Some of the students of Coal Hill School are not themselves. Some of them are dying. Ram has just woken up in a body he doesn't recognise, and if he doesn't figure out why he may well be next.

Plot
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Characters

 * Ram Singh
 * Charlie
 * Miss Quill
 * April MacLean
 * Tanya Adeola
 * Matteusz
 * Garry Fletcher
 * Steve Hopley
 * Jackie MacLean
 * Jarvis Adeola
 * Damon Adeola
 * Varun Singh
 * Veronica Cutler
 * Toby Moore
 * Poppy
 * Max Collins
 * Tommy Collins
 * Amar Sai
 * Viola Cummings
 * John O'Donnell
 * James Banks
 * Barry Taylor
 * Imogen Farmer
 * Danielle Westby
 * Lowe
 * George Barker
 * Mandy Taylor
 * WPC Delano
 * Stephen Patrick
 * Gregson
 * Stan
 * Mike
 * Garth Todd
 * Alien

Shoreditch locations

 * Poppy worked at the supermarket Morefields.
 * Mandy Taylor worked at a betting shop.

Other locations

 * Stephen Patrick bets on horse races in Aintree.
 * George Barker is offered a return ticket to Basildon.
 * Miss Quill takes the Central line to get home.

Technology

 * Poppy tries to break a window of a silver Honda.
 * The London Transport machine won't top up Miss Quill's Oyster card.
 * Charlie owns an iPad.

Police

 * Poppy's body is removed from the car by SOCOs.

Media

 * Miss Quill observes many passengers with copies of Metro.

Organisations

 * Matteusz suggests a possibility of donating money on JustGiving.

Culture

 * A splatter from a skull shot through by a bullet in a computer game is compared to paintings by Jackson Pollock.
 * Tanya checks out Seraphin videos.

Science

 * Miss Quill assigns calculating centripetal force as homework.

Continuity

 * Miss Quill fought the Rhodia and became a slave to the Rhodian prince. Then both of their people were wiped out by the Shadow Kin. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Matteusz mentions that a few weeks ago there was nothing awful or strange in their lives. Thus, Poppy's death happens a few weeks after the attack of the Shadow Kin on the Coal Hill School in mid-October 2016. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * The Doctor saved Charlie and Miss Quill and tasked Charlie, Matteusz and the others with protecting people. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Tanya plays a computer game with her brother Jarvis. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)