The Price of Paradise (novel)

The Price of Paradise was the sixth Tenth Doctor novel released. It was the last to feature Rose Tyler.

Publisher's summary
Laylora — the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where the peace-loving inhabitants live in harmony with their environment, Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The Paradise Planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land.

Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known?

The Doctor and Rose are in a race against time to find a cure for a sick planet.

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Rose Tyler
 * Rez
 * Professor Shulough
 * Brother Hugan
 * Kendle
 * Ania Baker
 * Hespell

The Doctor

 * In his pockets, the Doctor carries a couple of yo-yos (like the Fourth Doctor), a packet of boiled sweets, a pack of playing cards, a conker, a toy car, a banana and a cricket ball (like the Fifth Doctor). They are dimensionally transcendental.

Continuity

 * Rose asks if the SOS signal is a mauve alert (amongst other colours), said by the Ninth Doctor to be an intergalactic distress signal. (TV: The Empty Child) (However, the Doctor answers, "Nope, it's not one of those, it's an Intergalactic Mayday", which is an apparent contradiction.)
 * The Moxx of Balhoon and the Ood are mentioned. (TV: The End of the World, The Impossible Planet)
 * Rose rummages through the Doctor's pockets and notices that they are bigger on the inside, like the TARDIS. Donna Noble later mentions this. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * Trisilicate Crystals are used to power the Humphrey Bogart, and are found in abundance on Laylora. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
 * Rose tells Rez, "You can trust me on this", thinking of her father, a reference to the alternate-world Peter Tyler who used the phrase as his catchphrase. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
 * Rose remembers their visit to ancient Rome. (PROSE: The Stone Rose)
 * Rose recalls she once hid in a cupboard in 10 Downing Street while the house fell apart around her. (TV: World War Three)
 * The Eighth Doctor saved a sentient planet in PROSE: Grimm Reality

Audio release

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