The Suns of Caresh

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The Suns of Caresh
Suns of Caresh.jpg
Author Paul Saint
Series Doctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
56
SubjectFeaturing:
Third Doctor
Jo
Set inPeriod between
Carnival of Monsters and Frontier in Space [1] [2]
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
August 2002
Pages283
ISBN 0-563-53858-9
Preceded by Combat Rock  
Followed by Heritage  

The Suns of Caresh is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Saint (a pseudonym) and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Third Doctor and Jo. [3]

Contents

SFX Magazine writer David Langford had suggested the identity of Paul Saint to be that of veteran Doctor Who author and fellow SFX writer Paul Cornell, but this was denied by Cornell himself. The author is, in fact, Paul Beardsley.

Reception

In Interzone , Matt Hills writes, "The level of inventiveness on show in The Suns of Caresh is consistently stunning, down to little asides like a comment on the prevalence of emergency regeneration in Time Lord drama, and details like Saint's repeated use of the number 18. Making one character a science-fiction fan is also a worthwhile device which never threatens to become too self-referential, even if the character concerned is ultimately dealt with authorially in an overly terse and unfeeling way." [4] The Suns of Caresh was also noted in the Ben Goldacre column Bad Science, following a reader recommendation of the book because "In one scene the Tardis's destination is unexpectedly diverted from Israel to Chichester. Since the settings had not been adjusted to take into account the different rotational speed of the Earth's surface at this latitude, the Tardis leaves a wake of destruction across the English countryside." [5]

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References

  1. The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for this placement.
  2. Cover blurb only specifies the Doctor's incarnation and companions.
  3. "Suns of Caresh". BBC . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. Hills, Matt (February 2003). "'Neo-Retro' Tales of a Time Lord". Interzone . No. 186. p. 57. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. Goldacre, Ben (13 April 2005). "Protect your boundaries with agate". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 January 2023.