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02467aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 4F025434C0DD11E5BC2022E7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160122010636 008 130620s2014 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780425261163 020 $a 0425261166 035 $a (OCoLC)849719071 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CLE $d IO4 $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR6068.O143 $b D7 2014 100 1 $a Roberts, Gareth, $d 1968- 245 10 $a Doctor Who : $b Shada : the lost adventure by Douglas Adams / $c Gareth Roberts. 246 30 $a Shada 250 $a Ace trade paperback edition. 260 $a New York : $b Ace Books, $c 2014. 300 $a 400 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Doctor Who 500 $a Based on scripts written by Douglas Adams for the television series Dr. Who that were never produced. 500 $a "Originally published by BBC Books"--Title page verso. 520 $a "The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord, Professor Chronotis, has retired to Cambridge University, where among the other doddering old professors nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. He took with him a few little souvenirs--harmless things really. But among them, carelessly, he took The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey. Even more carelessly, he loaned this immensely powerful book to clueless graduate student Chris Parsons, who intends to use it to impress girls. The Worshipful and Ancient Law is among the most dangerous artifacts in the universe; it cannot be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The hands of the sinister Skagra are unquestionably the wrongest ones possible. Skagra is a sadist and egomaniac bent on universal domination. Having misguessed the state of fashion on Earth, he also wears terrible platform shoes. He is on his way to Cambridge. He wants the book. And he wants the Doctor..." $c Unedited summary from book. 650 0 $a Doctor Who (Fictitious character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Human-alien encounters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Enemies $v Fiction. 610 20 $a University of Cambridge $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Adams, Douglas, $d 1952-2001. 730 0 $a Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989) 830 0 $a Doctor Who (Series) 941 $a 1 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720042759.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F025434C0DD11E5BC2022E7DAD10320 994 $a 02 $b IO4Initiate Another SILO Locator Search