The Star Beast (novelisation)

The Star Beast will be the first of three Target novelisations based upon the 2023 specials of Doctor Who, published as ebooks on 30 November 2023 and as paperbacks on 11 January 2024 by Target Books and written by Gary Russell.

Publisher's summary
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Chapter titles
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Deviations from televised story

 * The milkman who appeared in, here named as Stew Ferguson, is given a central role in the story.
 * The exact state of Donna's memories after having everything related to the Doctor removed is expanded on;
 * From Donna's perspective, Lance Bennett simply disappeared on their wedding day.

Characters
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Worldbuilding

 * The Nobles' home address is 23 Bachelor Road.

Continuity

 * Stew remembers the events of /, mentioning "that time all them planets appeared in the sky".
 * Stew recalls that his grandfather was a police officer after the war; evidently PC Ferguson from.
 * The Doctor sees Megabyte City, the shop that Rose Tyler saw being looted in, which has long since gone out of business and remains boarded up.
 * Wilf has since thrown away his copy of Joshua Naismith's Fighting the Future, the book Donna gave him for Christmas in.