The King's Dragon

The King's Dragon

Author	Una McCormack
Series	Doctor Who book: New Series Adventures
Release number	41
Subject	Featuring: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	8 July 2010
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	245
ISBN	1-84607-990-X
Preceded by	Nuclear Time
Followed by	The Glamour Chase

The King's Dragon is the 41st Doctor Who New Series Adventures novel, published on 8 July 2010 by BBC Books and written by Una McCormack.^[1] It features the Eleventh Doctor with Amy Pond and Rory Williams as his companions.

Synopsis

The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in the city-state of Geath, where it appears that everyone is happy and rich. However, they discover that there are secrets and creatures hidden, as well as a metal dragon that oozes gold. A Herald appears demanding the return of her treasure and a battle for possession of the treasure begins. The Doctor, Amy and Rory must save the people of the city before they are destroyed by the war.

Reception

Jonathan Wilkins of Total Sci-Fi Online gave the book 8 out of 10, calling it a "fun fantasy-tinged tale" and "groundbreaking" for Doctor Who as it included more fantasy.^[2] Unreality SF gave it 80%, disappointed with the low-page count but saying McCormack "was perfectly able to tell an engaging, enjoyable tale in the space she got", even though some parts seemed "cut short". He thought that she "captured the spirit" of Doctor Who well and the characterisations of the three main characters was realistic.^[3] Doctor Who Magazine described the novel as 'drawn in deliciously exquisite detail [...] the unique environment lends a vibrancy and elegance to every scene. The plot is thoroughly absorbing, but it’s almost secondary to the beautiful way in which the whole thing is told.'^[4]

References

↑ "Doctor Who: The King's Dragon". BBC Shop. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
↑ Wilkins, Jonathan (22 July 2010). "Doctor Who: Nuclear Time; The Glamour Chase; The King's Dragon". Total Sci-Fi Online. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
↑ "Review: The King's Dragon". Unreality SF. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
↑ Doctor Who Magazine, no. 420

External links

The King's Dragon title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The King's Dragon at The TARDIS Library

Doctor Who New Series Adventures

War Doctor novels	Engines of War

Ninth Doctor novels	The Clockwise Man The Monsters Inside Winner Takes All The Deviant Strain Only Human The Stealers of Dreams

Tenth Doctor novels	The Stone Rose The Feast of the Drowned The Resurrection Casket The Nightmare of Black Island The Art of Destruction The Price of Paradise Sting of the Zygons The Last Dodo Wooden Heart Forever Autumn Sick Building Wetworld Wishing Well The Pirate Loop Peacemaker Martha in the Mirror Snowglobe 7 The Many Hands Ghosts of India The Doctor Trap Shining Darkness The Story of Martha Beautiful Chaos The Eyeless Judgement of the Judoon The Slitheen Excursion Prisoner of the Daleks The Taking of Chelsea 426 Autonomy The Krillitane Storm The Darksmith Legacy

Eleventh Doctor novels	Apollo 23 Night of the Humans The Forgotten Army Nuclear Time The King's Dragon The Glamour Chase The Coming of the Terraphiles Dead of Winter The Way Through The Woods Hunter's Moon Touched by an Angel Paradox Lost Borrowed Time The Silent Stars Go By Dark Horizons Plague of the Cybermen The Dalek Generation Shroud of Sorrow

Twelfth Doctor novels	The Blood Cell Silhouette The Crawling Terror Royal Blood Big Bang Generation Deep Time

Novellas	I am a Dalek Made of Steel Revenge of the Judoon The Sontaran Games Code of the Krillitanes Magic of the Angels The Silurian Gift

Decide Your Destiny	The Spaceship Graveyard Alien Arena The Time Crocodile The Corinthian Project The Crystal Snare War of the Robots Dark Planet The Haunted Wagon Train Lost Luggage Second Skin The Dragon King The Horror of Howling Hill Claws of the Macra The Coldest War Judoon Monsoon Empire of the Wolf

Original audiobooks	Pest Control The Forever Trap The Nemonite Invasion The Rising Night The Day of the Troll The Last Voyage Dead Air The Ring of Steel The Runaway Train The Jade Pyramid The Gemini Contagion The Hounds of Artemis Eye of the Jungle Blackout The Art of Death Darkstar Academy Day of the Cockroach The Nu-humans The Empty House The Sleepers in the Dust Snakebite The Gods of Winter The House of Winter The Sins of Winter The Memory of Winter

Writers	Justin Richards Stephen Cole Jacqueline Rayner Gareth Roberts Steve Lyons Mike Tucker Colin Brake Martin Day Mark Morris Paul Magrs Mark Michalowski Trevor Baxendale Simon Guerrier James Swallow Dale Smith Simon Messingham Dan Abnett Gary Russell Lance Parkin David Llewellyn Daniel Blythe Christopher Cooper Una McCormack Michael Moorcock James Goss Terrance Dicks Richard Dungworth Jonathan Green Paul Finch Jonathan Morris George Mann Naomi Alderman Jenny Colgan Nicholas Briggs Tommy Donbavand Brian Minchin Oli Smith Kay Woodward Peter Anghelides David Roden Davey Moore Scott Handcock

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