Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (Target Doctor Who Library)

The Doctor, Romana and K-9 continue their search for the six disguised segments that make up the powerful Key to Time. The TARDIS lands on Earth close to the Nine Travellers, an ancient stone circle. Professor Amelia Rumford and her associate Vivien Fay, who are studying the stones, explain that every time the circle has been surveyed, the number of stones has changed. Also interested in the circle are a group of druids - dedicated followers of the Cailleach, the Celtic goddess of war, death and magic - who are prepared to perform human sacrifice to satisfy her demands for blood. The Doctor soon learns that there is more to the Nine Travellers, the Cailleach and the druids than meets the eye. How can the stones apparently move around the countryside? And why has the area around the circle always been owned by a woman? After Romana discovers the true identity of the evil Cailleach, the Doctor finds that he must travel into hyperspace to solve the mystery of the Nine Travellers and save his companion from the blood-hungry alien life-forms known as the Ogri... Chanting, hooded figures gather inside a ring of ancient stones, using rituals of blood sacrifice to awaken the sleeping evil of the Ogri. The Doctor and Romana go from the countryside Of Present Day England to a deep space cruiser trapped in hyperspace in their attempt to track down an alien criminal, and unravel the mystery of The Stones Of Blood. Luckily they have the help of the faithful K9. Novelization from the original TV series featuring the 4th Doctor, Leela, & K9.