The Devil Goblins from Neptune

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The Devil Goblins from Neptune

Author	Martin Day and Keith Topping
Series	Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	1
Subject	Featuring: Third Doctor Liz Shaw, The Brigadier, UNIT
Set in	Period between The Scales of Injustice and Terror of the Autons^[1]^[2]
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	2 June 1997
Pages	283
ISBN	0-563-40564-3
Followed by	The Murder Game

The Devil Goblins from Neptune is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping (developed from an original idea by Day, Topping and Paul Cornell) and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the first novel published in the Past Doctor Adventures range and features the Third Doctor, UNIT, The Brigadier, and Liz Shaw.

Synopsis

The Brigadier is pursued across the world from seeming traitors within UNIT, his own organization. The Doctor and Liz deal with an alien invasion that started with an extraterrestrial mass exploding in the atmosphere.

Continuity

The events of the novel take place between the television stories Inferno and Terror of the Autons.^[3]

The Devil Goblins are mentioned in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama Find and Replace.

References

^ The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.
^ Placement between Inferno and Terror of the Autons confirmed by cover blurb.
^ "The Devil Goblins from Neptune".

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