The Eleventh Tiger (novel)

 was the sixty-sixth BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister.

Publisher’s Summary
May you live in interesting times.

The TARDIS crew have seen many different eras. When they arrive in China in 1865, they find banditry, rebellion, and foreign oppression rife. Trying to maintain order are the British Empire and the Ten Tigers of Canton, the most respected martial arts masters in the world.

There is more to chaos than mere human violence and ambition. Can legends of ancient vengeance be coming true? Why does everyone Ian meets already know who he is? The Doctor has his suspicions, but he is occupied by challenges of his own. Soon the travellers must learn that sometimes the greatest danger is not from the enemy, but from the heart.

In interesting times, love can be a weakness, hatred an illusion, order chaos, and ten Tigers not enough.

Chapter Titles

 * Cutaway I
 * 1) Executioners from Shaolin
 * 2) The Dead and the Deadly
 * 3) Warriors Two
 * 4) Drunken Master
 * 5) The Prodigal Son
 * 6) Last Hero in China
 * Cutaway II

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * The First Doctor
 * Ian Chesterton
 * Barbara Wright
 * Vicki Pallister

The Doctor

 * The Doctor engages in a kung fu duel.

Individuals

 * As a child, Ian loved the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, whose stories inspired him to pursue a career in science.
 * During his national service in the 1950s, which he served in Wales, Ian was a boxer.
 * Ian bears a very strong resemblance to his paternal great-grandfather Major William "Bill" Chesterton, leading Ian to mistakenly believe that his ancestor is his future self lost in time.
 * Major Chesterton was a member of a Hussar company in Jaipur, India in 1860. By 1890, Major Chesterton had retired to England, where he translated Mountains and Sunsets by Ho Lin Chung into English.
 * Barbara knowingly quotes the song "Kung Fu Fighting", saying the "Kids are as fast as lightning".
 * Vicki is initially uncertain if pandas are still in existence in China at this time, and has to discreetly ask Ian if they would be able to use an airplane to reach their destination or if they haven't been invented yet.

Species

 * The Mandragora Helix refers to the Doctor as "Traveller" and is aware of his influence throughout Earth's history.

Continuity

 * The Doctor, Ian and Barbara previously visited China in 1289 in the company of Susan Foreman. (TV: Marco Polo)
 * The Doctor claims to speak all Chinese dialects. (TV: The Mind of Evil, TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
 * Once again the Doctor indulges in a violent fight. (TV: The Romans)
 * Ian and Barbara discuss the Doctor kidnapping them in 1963. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * The Doctor warns Ian about the potentially disastrous consequences of him coming into contact with his future self. (TV: Day of the Daleks, TV: Mawdryn Undead)
 * Vicki recalls visiting Turkey (PROSE: Byzantium!) and Italy. (TV: The Romans)
 * Barbara tells Ian that she loves him. Ian expressed the same feeling for her in Romans Cutaway. He proposes that they get married if they ever make it home to the 1960s. (PROSE: Byzantium!, PROSE: The Face of the Enemy)