Apollo 23 (novel)

Apollo 23 is one of the first three announced Eleventh Doctor novels, released on April 22, 2010.

Publisher's summary
‘Houston – we have a problem.’

An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Maybe it’s a publicity stunt.

A photo shows an immaculately-dressed woman in her best shoes lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon – beside her beloved dog ‘Poochie’. Maybe it’s a hoax.

But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon – that’s where Amy and the TARDIS are.

The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there’s no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens.

Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: Apollo 23.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Enthuses about how "cool" it was to be a prisoner on the moon (see Frontier in Space).
 * Spends a lot of time trying to keep his hair out of his eyes.
 * Compares Amy to Snow White.
 * Dislikes being called "Doc", but unlike previous Doctors, responds with humour, saying "Doc was a dwarf" rather than anger.
 * Amy Pond
 * The Doctor describes her as compassionate, strong willed and "more than a pretty face".

Continuity

 * UNIT and the Torchwood Institute are referred to. In the former, there appears to be a reference to the Third Doctor.

Timeline

 * Apollo 23 occurs after: Victory of the Daleks
 * Apollo 23 occurs before: Night of the Humans