The Dust of Ages (novel)

The Dust of Ages is the first book in The Darksmith Legacy series.

Publisher's summary
It is a few years into our future, and there are bases on the Moon. A recent survey has shown something unusual, an unknown power source. when a tall, skinny spiky-haired stranger turns up and announces he's from the Bureau of Alien Technology doing a spot check, the survey team know they've found something special. But is this special power source a blessing or a curse?

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Professor Dollund
 * Clinton Seymour
 * Roberta "Bobby" Goodman
 * Henderson
 * Lisa Summerton
 * Drakon
 * Hallan
 * Talen
 * Ardos
 * Stemnos
 * The Agent

Continuity

 * The Doctor is travelling alone, suggesting events in the Darksmith legacy occur after DW: Journey's End as with the majority of media released in 2009. However, as yet none of the books in this arc indicate this precisely; the storyline could just as easily take place during one of the Tenth Doctor's companionless intervals, such as between DW: Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime or between The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones.
 * Polymos (the Nestene homeworld) was first mentioned by name in PDA: Synthespians™.
 * The TARDIS Databank states that the Moon is the only other world the humans have travelled to by the year 2010, however; DW: The Ambassadors of Death features man landing on Mars in the 1970s, though NA: The Dying Days later implies this was mostly a forgotten chapter in Earth's history of exploration. Also, see UNIT dating controversy.

Timeline

 * The Dust of Ages occurs after DW: The Next Doctor
 * The Dust of Ages occurs before: TDL: The Graves of Mordane