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  • Spiral Scratch (novel)
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  • The novel reveals the circumstances behind the Doctor's regeneration into his seventh incarnation, which were left a mystery in the televised version of the event. According to the novel, the Sixth Doctor was already dying by the time the Rani boarded his TARDIS after the events of this story, and her attack propagated the Sixth Doctor's inevitable death sooner than it would have occurred.
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Number
  • 72
Doctor
  • Sixth Doctor
Enemy
Series
Release Date
  • 2005-08-04
Name
  • Spiral Scratch
Format
  • Paperback Book; 16 Chapters, 288 Pages
Companions
PREV
  • Island of Death
NEXT
  • Fear Itself
Publisher
  • BBC Books
Writer
ISBN
  • ISBN 0-563-48626-0
abstract
  • The novel reveals the circumstances behind the Doctor's regeneration into his seventh incarnation, which were left a mystery in the televised version of the event. According to the novel, the Sixth Doctor was already dying by the time the Rani boarded his TARDIS after the events of this story, and her attack propagated the Sixth Doctor's inevitable death sooner than it would have occurred. It is the first account of the regeneration in a BBC-licensed venue. In 2015, Big Finish would later approach a different version of the regeneration in audio form by releasing The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure. However, it remains the only official account of the regeneration in prose form, novelisations not withstanding.