Cold Fusion (novel)

Publisher's summary
'The entire universe is at stake and I'm locked in here with another incarnation of myself, and not even one of the good ones!'

More than one TARDIS lands on a barren ice world. The fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan find a once ordered society on the verge of collapse, as rebels wage a dirty war with Scientifica, the ruling elite. All that stands between order and anarchy is the massed presence of an Adjudicator peacekeeping force.

But is peace the only reason for the Adjudicator garrison? What exactly has been discovered deep below the planet's surface? Who are the mysterious Ferutu? And why is telling a ghost story a criminal offence?

The fifth Doctor sides with the cause of justice and fairness as always. But, as a threat to the universe unfolds, he finds himself in conflict with his past... and his future.

Characters

 * Fifth Doctor
 * Is only just getting over his recent regeneration.
 * Seventh Doctor
 * His favourite biscuits are Chocolate Hob-Nobs.
 * Has to hide his emotions on seeing Adric again.
 * Adric
 * Nyssa
 * Tegan
 * Chris Cwej
 * Uses the alias Bruce Jovanka.
 * Roz Forrester
 * Is beginning to feel her age.
 * Patience
 * Born in the house of Blyledge on "Glorious Gallifrey".
 * She has/had 13 grandchildren.
 * Her husband was one of the first to explore the vortex.
 * Adjudicator Provost-General Tertullian Medford
 * A secret member of Unitatus.
 * Ziyou Wanle
 * A SAM drone, a mass-produced drone

Continuity

 * "Lightspeed overdrive" is first mentioned in DW: Logopolis.
 * PDA: The Infinity Doctors reveals who Patience is.
 * NA: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible and NA: Lungbarrow both gave some idea of the time from which Patience is from.
 * This story begins a series of story arcs known as the "Psi Powers" arc for the Seventh Doctor continuing in NA: The Death of Art and ending in NA: Sleepy.
 * The Seventh Doctor remembers the events of the novel from the perspective of the Fifth Doctor and uses this knowledge against his younger self. This is similar to CC: Peri and the Piscon Paradox, BFA: The Four Doctors and DW: Time Crash in which the Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Doctors respectively likewise remember the events portrayed from the point of view of their fifth incarnation.

For the Fifth Doctor

 * Cold Fusion takes place after: ST: Resonance
 * Cold Fusion takes place before: ST: The Immortals

For the Seventh Doctor

 * Cold Fusion takes place after: NA: Return of the Living Dad
 * Cold Fusion takes place before: ST: The Nuclear Option