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The Taking of Planet 5 is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones & Mark Clapham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Compassion. It is, in part, a sequel to the television serial Image of the Fendahl. It also features references to many elements from the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H. P. Lovecraft, in particular the Elder Things and their ancient Antarctic city from At the Mountains of Madness.

See also

• Fifth planet (hypothetical)

External links

• The Cloister Library - The Taking of Planet 5
• The Taking of Planet 5 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Reviews

• The Whoniverse's review on The Taking of Planet 5