Doctor Who: Festival of Death: 50th Anniversary Edition

The fifth in a series of eleven classic adventures published as part of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. A Fifth Doctor novel featuring Nyssa and Tegan ‘Is evil all around us, or inside us?’ Nyssa dreamed the question, and now she can’t get it out of her head. The TARDIS has landed on a moon of Akoshemon. Once a byword for unimaginable depravity, the planet is long-dead, its inhabitants the victims of their own spiralling evil. However, as the Doctor arrives, so does a renegade interstellar mining crew, and their investigations turn up a lot more than the valuable minerals they were hoping for. This moon was used for something terrible a long time ago. Traces of dark experiments are unearthed, and when the miners start to die, to be found as dry husks, their bodies stripped of every last ounce of fluid, the Doctor knows that what they have uncovered may have been sleeping, but it was a long way from dead. And now, down in the dark, it’s waking up. And it’s hungry... In the year 2382 archaeologists land on Akoshemon's only moon, searching for evidence of the planet's infamous past. But when the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are drawn into the lunar caverns they find more than a team of academics -- and help uncover much more than ancient history. Something is lying in wait, deep inside the labyrinth of caves: something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation that ruined Akoshemon. Something that rejoiced in every kind of horror and destruction. An age-old terror is about to be reborn. But what is the hideous secret of the Bloodhunter? And why does Nyssa feel that her thoughts are no longer her own? Forced to confront his own worst fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point -- and beyond. The Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from destruction – something he hasn't actually done yet. He has no choice but to travel back in time and discover how he became a hero. And then he finds out. He did it by sacrificing his life. An adventure featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker and his companions Romana and K-9 SCIENCE FICTION. In 2003, Rebecca Whitaker died in a road accident. Her husband Mark is still grieving. He receives a battered envelope, posted eight years ago, containing a set of instructions with a simple message: "You can save her." As Mark is given the chance to save Rebecca, it's up to the Doctor, Amy and Rory to save the whole world "The Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from desrtuction--something he hasn't actually done yet"--Page 4 of cover On a moon of the ruined planet Akoshemon, an age-old terror is about to be reborn. Forced to confront his own worst fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point - and beyond.An adventure featuring the Fifth Doctor as played by Peter Davison and his companions Tegan and Nyssa On a moon of the ruined planet Akoshemon, something that rejoices in the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation is about to be reborn. The Fifth Doctor joins a team of archaeologists searching for evidence of the planet's infamous past, and uncovers more than just ancient history The Doctor arrives at the Beautiful Death, a theme-park ride, and the populous hail him as a hero, the only problem is he has not saved them yet, he travels back in time to discover how he became a hero The Doctor joins a team of archaeologists searching for evidence of the past of the ruined planet Akoshemon, but an age-old terror is waiting to be reborn