The Man in the Velvet Mask by Daniel O'Mahony

Doctor Who First Doctor Series

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Antony, in the genre(s) science fiction

The TARDIS has landed in post revolution France, or so it appears. But the futuristic structure of the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris. And First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous Marquis de Sade, presides over a reign of terror that has yet to end.

Revolutionary soldiers arrest an ailing Doctor as a curfew breaker. Dodo is recruited by a band of wandering players whose intentions are less than pure. Deep in the dungeons of the Bastille, Prisoner 6 tries desperately to remember who he is. And outside time and space, a gathering of aliens watch in horror as their greatest experiment goes catastrophically wrong.

What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?"
- Terry Pratchett