The Murder Game by Steve Lyons
Doctor Who Second Doctor Series
Antony, in the genre(s) science fiction
The Murder game is a Doctor Who novel featuring the second Doctor as the hear a distress call from the Hotel Galaxian, in orbit around earth, circa 2146.
The Doctor and his companions discover that a Live Action Roleplay Game (LARP) enthusiast is using the all but forgotten hotel to host a murder mystery weekend.
It quickly becomes apparent that one of the group is taking thew game a bit too seriously as the Doctor, Ben and Polly find themselves embroiled in the plot.
To make matters worse there is a powerful and sinister force waiting in space for the events to unfold, for there is a secret on board the hotel, that if discovered will mean that murder is the least of their problems.
- Publisher: BBC Books
- ISBN: 0563405651
- Published: July 1997
- Format reviewed: Hardback
- Review date: July, 2009
- Buy it at Amazon.co.uk
Books In the Series
- The Colony of Lies
- Combat Rock
- The Dark Path
- Dreams of Empire
- Dying in the Sun
- The Final Sanction
- Heart of TARDIS
- The Indestructible Man
- Invasion of the Cat-People
- The Menagerie
- The Murder Game
- The Roundheads
- Twilight of the Gods
- World Game
The Doctors
books reviewed
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