Martha in the Mirror was the twenty-second novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Justin Richards and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.
Publisher's summary
Castle Extremis - whoever holds it can control the provinces either side that have been at war for centuries. Now the castle is about to play host to the signing of a peace treaty. But as the Doctor and Martha find out, not everyone wants the war to end.
Who is the strange little girl who haunts the castle? What is the secret of the book the Doctor finds, its pages made from thin, brittle glass? Who is the hooded figure that watches from the shadows? And what is the secret of the legendary Mortal Mirror?
The Doctor and Martha don't have long to find the answers - an army is on the march, and the castle will soon be under siege once more.
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Martha Jones
- High Minister Defron
- Manfred Grieg
- Lady Casaubon
- Secretary Chekz
- Stellman
- Janna
- Gonfer
- Bill
- Bott
- General Orlo
- Colonel Blench
- Tylda
- Professor Thorodin
References
- Defron quotes Tony Blair.
- The Doctor mentions "Light Wave Sickness".
- The Doctor uses an Everlasting Match.
- The Doctor mentions a Dimensional Osmosis Damper.
Notes
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
The New Adventures Audiobook Box Set cover.
- The third edition of AHistory dates the story to 2112, as the Mortal Mirror was built one hundred years earlier by the Darksmiths, who were killed in 2012, making it the latest the story could occur.
Continuity
- The Mortal Mirror was created by the Darksmith Collective, which makes an appearance in The Darksmith Legacy series of books.
- The Doctor says that the Mortal Mirror can't be a real mirror, or it would have "a girl with a red balloon" inside it. (TV: Family of Blood)
- The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to detect landmines, something he previously did in TV: The Sea Devils.
- When contemplating a maze with moving walls, the Doctor starts to mention a maze he was in once. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)
Audio release
- An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Freema Agyeman.
- The audiobook was released in a box set along with Snowglobe 7 and The Many Hands, under the collective title New Adventures.
External links
- Martha in the Mirror at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Martha in the Mirror at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Martha in the Mirror
