Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)

Publisher's Summary
Mesopotamia -- the cradle of civilization. In the fertile crescent of land on the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, mankind is turning from hunter gatherer into farmer, and from farmer into city-dweller.

Gilgamesh, the first hero-king, rules the city of Uruk. An equally legendary figure arrives, in a police telephone box: the TARDIS has brought the Doctor and his companion Ace to witness the first steps of mankind's long progress to the stars.

And from somewhere amid those distant points of light an evil sentience has tumbled. To her followers in the city of Kish she is known as Ishtar the goddess; to the Doctor’s forebears on ancient Gallifrey she was a mythical terror -- the Timewyrm.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Has enhanced night vision.
 * Ace
 * Sings Irish folk songs.
 * Drinks beer that tastes not quite unlike pig vomit.
 * Ishtar
 * Qataka
 * Gilgamesh
 * Has wandering hands, Ace consequently wears layers to protect herself.
 * Ninani
 * Utnapishtim
 * Agga
 * Avram
 * Belkeli
 * Dumuzi
 * En-Gula
 * Enkidu
 * Ennatum
 * Gudea
 * Lagash
 * Puabi
 * Ta-Nin
 * Urshanabi

Continuity

 * The Fourth Doctor gained knowledge of the Timewyrm when he was in the Matrix in The Invasion of Time, he left a time delayed message in the TARDIS for himself.