'Alien Bodies' by Lawrence Miles

On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents of the most formidable powers in the galaxy are gathering. They have been invited there to bid for what could turn out to be the deadliest weapon ever created.

When the Doctor and Sam arrive in the city, the Time Lord soon realises they've walked into the middle of the strangest auction in history - and what's on sale to the highest bidder is something more horrifying than even the Doctor could have imagined, something that could change his life forever.

And just when it seems things can't get any worse, the Doctor finds out who else is on the guest list.


Publication Date:
November 1997

Notes:
*Featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam

*First appearance of the Faction Paradox

*First mention of the Time War between the Time Lords and an unnamed 'Enemy' (Russell T Davies, the first showrunner of the 'New' series of 'Doctor Who', has commented that there is no connection between the War of the books and 'The Last Great Time War' of the television series, comparing Gallifrey's two destructions with Earth's two World Wars)

*(SPOILERS!) The subject of the auction is the corpse of the Doctor's final incarnation

*A BBC Books 'Eighth Doctor Adventures' novel