Beautiful Chaos (novel)

Beautiful Chaos was the twenty-third Tenth Doctor novel to be released. It was the last to feature Donna Noble.

Publisher's summary
Donna Noble is back home in London, catching up with her family and generally giving them all the gossip about her journeys. Her grandfather is especially overjoyed — he's discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor, as his special guest, to the naming ceremony.

But the Doctor is suspicious about some of the other changes he can see in Earth's heavens. Particularly that bright star, right there. No, not that one, that one, there, on the left...

The world's population is slowly being converted to a new path, a new way of thinking. Something is coming to Earth, an ancient force from the Dark Times. Something powerful, angry, and all-consuming...

Characters

 * The Tenth Doctor
 * Donna Noble
 * Wilfred Mott
 * Sylvia Noble
 * Henrietta "Netty" Goodheart
 * Mandragora Helix
 * Dara Morgan
 * Terry Lockworth
 * John Bates
 * Caitlin
 * Lukas Samuel Carnes
 * Joe Carnes
 * Professor Rossi
 * Sean
 * Ben
 * Jayne
 * Delphi

Continuity

 * The Tycho satellite from SJA: The Last Sontaran is referred to.
 * The Prime Minister is called Aubrey Fairchild. This is also the name of the deceased reverend in DW: The Next Doctor. This is most likely because an early draft of DW: The Stolen Earth included a Prime Minister of the same name before his scenes were removed.
 * This story is a sequel to the Fourth Doctor story DW: The Masque of Mandragora.
 * There is a reference to a splinter of the Mandragora Helix being involved with the white and the crimson. This harks back to Sarah Jane Smith's encounters in the Big Finish Sarah Jane CDs.
 * Netty is referenced in DW: The End of Time as a part of the Silver Cloak.

Timeline

 * Beautiful Chaos occurs after: DWS: The Immortal Emperor
 * Beautiful Chaos occurs before: DW: Midnight
 * The preface and epilogue occur after DW: Journey's End

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Bernard Cribbins.
 * The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.