The Slow Empire

The Slow Empire

Doctorwhobook
title=The Slow Empire
series=Eighth Doctor Adventures
number=47
featuring=Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji


writer=Dave Stone
publisher=BBC Books
isbn=ISBN 0-563-53835-X
set_between=
pages=250
date=July 2001
preceding=The Year of Intelligent Tigers
following=Dark Progeny|

"The Slow Empire" is a BBC Books original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.

Popular culture allusions

This novel has a number of allusions to popular culture:
*Anji has consecutively watched every episode of "Quantum Leap" due to her boyfriend, Dave. [Page 21.]
*A small screen graphic of the TARDIS is described as having a "video echo effect from a 1970s "Top of the Pops"." [Page 22.]
*The several console terminals on the planet Goronos reminded Anji of that film done by the man who did "Time Bandits" and was originally going to be titled "1984 and a Half". [Page 195.]

Continuity

*The man who wakes Anji has been confirmed to be Sabbath in disguise
*The Collectors also appeared in "Heart of TARDIS" and "Sky Pirates!".

References

External links

*Doctor Who RG | id=whobbc47 | title=The Slow Empire
* [http://members.lycos.co.uk/cloisterlibrary/slowempi.htm The Cloister Library - "The Slow Empire"]

Reviews

*OG review | id=bbc8-47 | title=The Slow Empire
*DWRG | id=slowe | title=The Slow Empire


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