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Return of the Living Dad

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Return of the Living Dad
AuthorKate Orman
Cover artistMark Wilkinson
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Virgin New Adventures
Release number
53
SubjectFeaturing:
Seventh Doctor
Chris, Roz, Bernice, Jason
PublisherVirgin Books
Publication date
August 1996
ISBN0-426-20482-4
Preceded byChristmas on a Rational Planet 
Followed byThe Death of Art 

Return of the Living Dad is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Roz, Bernice and Jason.[1][2]

Plot

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Bernice Summerfield's father disappeared when she was seven years old, but during her honeymoon, a clue leads her to discover him 500 years in his past, in England in 1983.[3]

Notes

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This novel's working title was Big Trouble in Little Chalfont.[4]

Paul Cornell had input into part of the story of Return of the Living Dad, while Orman had input in Cornell's Human Nature.

Reception

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Readers of Doctor Who Magazine gave the novel a rating of 73.29% (from 805 votes).[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Shelf Life" (review) by Dave Owen, Doctor Who Magazine, #241 (July 1996)
  2. ^ Bibliography of Australian Literature, p587
  3. ^ Pearson, Lars (1999). I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels (1st ed.). Des Moines, Iowa: Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 0-9673746-0-X.
  4. ^ "Licence to Kill", by Matthew Jones, Doctor Who Magazine #252 (May 1997), p. 30
  5. ^ "The best (and worst) of Virgin", by Dave Owen, Doctor Who Magazine, #265 (May 1998)