The Sleep of Reason (Day novel)
The Sleep of Reason is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix.
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| Author | Martin Day |
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| Series | Doctor Who book: Eighth Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 70 |
| Subject | Featuring: Eighth Doctor Fitz, Trix |
| Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | August 2004 |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-563-48620-1 |
| Preceded by | The Tomorrow Windows |
| Followed by | The Deadstone Memorial |
Plot
The Doctor poses as a psychiatrist to investigate strange goings on at a mental health hospital.
Continuity
- The Eighth Doctor ages about 100 years during this novel, because he travels back in time using a Sholem-Luz portal to shape events at the turn of the century, and then has to sleep in a casket in the cathedral to return to the present.
- The Doctor is always referred to as 'Smith' in this story, except by Fitz and Trix. This is a reference to the classic series, when The Doctor would sometimes call himself John Smith (a very common British name).
Outside References
- The title is a take from the 1799 Francisco Goya aquatint etching "El sueno de la razon produce monstruos" ("The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters"), part of the artist's Los Caprichos set.
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