The Cradle (novel)

The Cradle was the second novel published in The Decades Collection on 26 October 2023 by Puffin Books to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

The novel was written by Tasha Suri, covered the 1970s and featured the Twelfth Doctor.

Publisher's summary
It is London, 1978, and tensions are high. Seema and her family are struggling, but she has learnt to keep her head down, not create trouble.

That is until she and her two friends, Terrance and Inderjit, decide to join an anti-National Front protest in the East End.

And when trouble does inevitably find them, the friends are saved by the appearance of a mysterious, seemingly broken-down bus.

But inside this bus it is like nothing any of them have ever seen. It is a journey through the most wonderful landscapes, where visions of hopes and dreams envelop the lost group.

Who - or what - is this strange place? The tall, grumpy man with white hair might know the answers, but then he seems just as scared as they are...

Plot
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Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor
 * Seema Ahluwalia
 * Mr Ahluwalia
 * Mrs Ahluwalia
 * Mrs Wilson
 * Policeman
 * Anjali Ahluwalia
 * Seema's Nani
 * Terrance
 * Inderjit
 * Raj
 * Bus driver
 * Boy 1
 * Boy 2
 * Boy 3
 * Boy 4
 * Woman
 * Sam Button
 * Jaya
 * The Cradle

Worldbuilding
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Continuity
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