The Royalists take Menoptera as slaves - but the Republicans kidnap them as well. Both sides fight each other, fight the elements of the planet itself, and fight any Menoptera who get in the way. The Rhumon Empire is in the midst of a Civil War between Royalists and Republicans - and both sides have landed on Vortis, given the planet their own name, and declared it claimed for their own side in the war. It's hundred years since the Doctor's last visit, but the Menoptera need the Doctor's help again. The TARDIS doesn't exactly crash, but it has a rough landing on what soon turns out to be Vortis - the Web Planet, home of the Menoptera and the Zarbi, previously visited by the First Doctor (in the aired story, 'The Web Planet'). This story featured the Second Doctor (as played by Patrick Troughton), Jaime McCrimmon - the Scottish Highlander, and Victoria Waterfield.

However, considering how long out of print the book is, and that the e-book was free, it's not fair to complain too much. pdf format - which meant lots of re-sizing and zooming of pages, then re-setting the page size to 'turn' to the next page. I read an e-book version, which used the old, non-flowable. Twilight of the Gods is part of the long out of print Virgin Books Publishing Missing Doctors Adventures which featured Doctors 1-6 from the British television series Doctor Who and were published alongside the New Adventures featuring the Seventh Doctor. Bulis' novels for the BBC were The Ultimate Treasure (1997), Vanderdeken's Children (1998), City at World's End (1999), Imperial Moon (2000) and Palace of the Red Sun (2002).īulis also wrote the novel Tempest as part of Virgin's Bernice Summerfield range of novels, and also a short story for Big Finish Productions' Short Trips series. When Virgin lost their licence to publish novels based on Doctor Who, Bulis repeated this pattern writing novels for the BBC - with one novel written for the current incumbent Doctor as part of BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures range, and then all of his other novels published as part of the Past Doctor Adventures range. This was the only novel Bulis wrote featuring the Seventh Doctor, and his next five books were all published under Virgin's Missing Adventures range: State of Change (1994), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1995), The Eye of the Giant (1996), Twilight of the Gods (1996), and A Device of Death (1997). He is one of the most prolific authors to write for the various ranges of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who, with twelve novels to his name, and between 19 he had at least one Doctor Who novel published every year.īulis' first published work was the New Adventure Shadowmind, published in 1993 by Virgin Publishing. Christopher Bulis is a writer best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs.

Doctor Who by Christopher Bulis