The Shadows of Avalon

Doctor Who book
The Shadows of Avalon
Series	Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number	31
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Fitz, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Romana III
Writer	Paul Cornell
Publisher	BBC Books
ISBN	ISBN 0-563-55588-2
Number of pages	274
Release date	February 2000
Preceded by	Parallel 59
Followed by	The Fall of Yquatine

The Shadows of Avalon is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Romana III.

As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.

Continuity

• Fitz's question to the Doctor at the end of the novel, and his answer about being on the run from the Time Lords in a stolen and unreliable TARDIS, is reminiscent of the last lines of The Five Doctors.

• The novel is a partial sequel to the Virgin New Adventures novel Happy Endings.

Notes

• This is the only original novel in the BBC Books range written by Paul Cornell.

External links

• The Shadows of Avalon at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Cloister Library - The Shadows of Avalon
• The Shadows of Avalon at The TARDIS Library
• The Shadows of Avalon publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Reviews

• The Shadows of Avalon reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• The Shadows of Avalon reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide