The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)

The Man in the Velvet Mask was the nineteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series.

Publisher's summary

 * "The triumph of virtue. The misfortunes of vice. Who said the play had to be like the book?"

24 Messidor, XXII: the TARDIS has landed in post-revolutionary France, or so it appears. But the futuristic structure of the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris. And First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous Marquis de Sade, presides over a reign of terror that has yet to end.

Revolutionary soldiers arrest an ailing Doctor as a curfew breaker. Dodo is recruited by a band of wandering players whose intentions are less than pure. Deep in the dungeons of the Bastille, Prisoner 6 tries desperately to remember who he is. And outside time and space, a gathering of aliens watch in horror as their greatest experiment goes catastrophically wrong.

Characters

 * The First Doctor
 * Dodo Chaplet
 * Prisoner 6
 * Minski

Continuity

 * The Doctor mistakenly calls Dodo 'Susan' at one point, and again mentions how similar they look (DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
 * The Doctor tells Dodo that his time is near (referring to his approaching regeneration in DW: The Tenth Planet), and that he has known it is coming since his latest meeting with the Toymaker (DW: The Celestial Toymaker). He also mentions that he will need the aid of the TARDIS.
 * Steven's recent departure is mentioned twice (DW: The Savages) and Dodo relates the story of his two-year imprisonment (DW: The Chase)
 * Dodo tells Dalville she can play the piano a bit, mentioning 'The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon' as an example of something she can play (DW: The Gunfighters)
 * The Doctor recalls having been separated from the TARDIS in China (DW: Marco Polo)
 * When encountering aliens, Dodo compares them to the Monoids and Refusians (DW: The Ark)
 * Dodo recalls having seen the Earth explode (DW: The Ark)
 * The Doctor is addressed as a 'lord', but denies this title. Even when confronted with the statement that he was 'noble once but fell from grace', he refuses to acknowledge this.
 * Dodo mentions having once almost killed the entire human race. (DW: The Ark)
 * Dodo predicts she will stop travelling with the Doctor sooner rather than later. (DW: The War Machines)

Timeline

 * The Man in the Velvet Mask occurs after DW: The Savages
 * The Man in the Velvet Mask occurs before VD: Tarnished Image