The Price of Paradise (novel)

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

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

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 (DW: 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.
 * Rose rummages through the Doctor's pockets and notices that they are bigger on the inside, like the TARDIS. Later mentioned by Donna Noble. (DW: The Runaway Bride)
 * Trisilicate Crystals are used to power the Humphrey Bogart, and are found in abundance on Laylora. First mentioned in (DW: 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. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen)

Timeline

 * This story occurs after NSA: The Art of Destruction
 * This story occurs before DWAM: A Delicate Operation

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Shaun Dingwall