Goth Opera (novel)

Goth Opera was the first novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series.

Publisher's summary

 * "The time of humanity on this world has come to an end. The long night is starting. The age of the undead is upon us."

Manchester, 1993. The vampires of Great Britain have received a message: the long-awaited arrival of their evil messiah is imminent. It’s time for a recruitment drive.

On holiday in Tasmania with Tegan and the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa is attacked by a demonic child. She escapes unharmed - except for two small wounds in her neck.

Why are the descendants of the Great Vampire so desperate to obtain the blood of a Time Lord? And what is their connection to a forbidden ancient Gallifreyan cult?

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Is bitten by vampire Nyssa.
 * Treats Tegan with kid gloves and feels guilty about her suffering.
 * Tegan Jovanka
 * Is still recovering from her second possession by the Mara.
 * Possesses the strength of faith to ward off vampires.
 * Nyssa
 * Is bitten by and transformed into a vampire. The only being she feeds off is the Doctor, so she is saved from being killed at the climax.
 * Romana II
 * Ruath
 * Willingly transforms herself into a vampire by allowing herself to be drained completely of her blood and then regenerating.
 * Yarven
 * The Vampire Messiah
 * buried on Earth

Continuity

 * This is a sequel to NA: Blood Harvest.
 * Ruath sees a point in the future where Gallifrey does not exist. (EDA: The Ancestor Cell, DW: The End of the World)

Timeline

 * Goth Opera occurs after: DWM: Blood Invocation
 * Goth Opera occurs before: DW: Mawdryn Undead