The King of Terror

2000 novel by Keith Topping

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The King of Terror is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, and UNIT.

The title may be a reference to a purported prophecy by Nostradamus predicting the arrival of a "King of Terror." Some scholars have argued the phrase is a misinterpretation of one French word for another, but nevertheless it remains in popular use.^[1]

Plot

Suspecting the American multimedia company Intercom of nefarious activities, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and Tegan to investigate. At their Los Angeles HQ, the pair run into terrorists obsessed with an ancient prophecy and aliens who turn the city into a battle ground.

References

^ "King of Terror" at About.com

External links

The Cloister Library - The King of Terror

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The Death of Art
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So Vile a Sin
Bad Therapy
Eternity Weeps
The Room with No Doors
Lungbarrow
The Dying Days

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Last of the Gaderene
Tomb of Valdemar
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The King of Terror
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Related	Decalog Faction Paradox Files The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery The Essential Book of K9
See also	Novelisations Audiobooks BBC Short Trips Big Finish Short Trips Torchwood The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection

Doctor Who: Fifth Doctor stories

Television

Season 19	Castrovalva Four to Doomsday Kinda The Visitation Black Orchid Earthshock Time-Flight
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Minor appearances	Logopolis "The Name of the Doctor" "The Day of the Doctor" "The Power of the Doctor"
See also	Dimensions in Time "Time Crash"

Audio

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The Fifth Doctor Adventures	Cuddlesome Psychodrome Iterations of I
Other	Omega The Four Doctors The Five Companions Smoke and Mirrors The Light at the End Classic Doctors, New Monsters The Tenth Doctor Adventures River Song

Books

Missing Adventures	Goth Opera The Crystal Bucephalus Lords of the Storm The Sands of Time Cold Fusion
Past Doctor Adventures	Deep Blue Divided Loyalties Imperial Moon The King of Terror Superior Beings Warmonger Fear of the Dark Empire of Death
Novellas	Blood and Hope