Shining Darkness (novel)

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

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
 * Junk
 * Sentilli
 * All within the Andromeda Galaxy

Timeline

 * This story is set after: NSA: The Doctor Trap
 * This story is set before: NSA: Beautiful Chaos

Story Notes

 * The machine on the front cover resembles both a Pyrovile and a Cyberman, the machine is named Mother.
 * Shining Darkness has several references to Planet One meaning it is set after The Doctor Trap.
 * There is an Error on Page 40 where there is no speech marks where Mesanth says; You must be Donna, I'm Mesanth'

Continuity

 * The Doctor mentions Barbara the vending robot from NSA: Sick Building.

Audio releases

 * This story was released on two disc audio CD read by Debbie Chazen.